In a brief hearing at the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, prosecutors did not oppose the release of 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn.
IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been put under formal investigation by French magistrates for alleged negligence in a political fraud affair dating from 2008 when she was finance minister.
India's forex reserves dropped by $4.992 billion to $593.904 billion for the week ended September 8, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the kitty had jumped $4.04 billion to $598.9 billion. The country's forex kitty had reached an all-time high of $645 billion in October 2021.
In FY23, Indian operations accounted for 41.6 per cent of the consolidated revenue of India's top five multinationals, up from 34 per cent in FY18 and 33.2 per cent and 34.2 per cent in FY21.
According to the IMF sources, the 27-member European Union bloc had asked the Chinese for support for Lagarde.
Simultaneously, the White House said it has full faith in the capabilities of IMF to continue with the important role it is playing, despite the setback of its head being behind bars in a New York prison.
Experiences of the past decade now tell us that this unaccountable and unsure system is untrustworthy, unworkable and hence unacceptable
"India did a self-assessment (by the Committee on Financial Sector Assessment, or CFSA) of its financial sector in 2009. This has given us the confidence to get our financial sector evaluated by international financial institutions like IMF and the World Bank. We have voluntarily sought a full-fledged Financial Sector Assessment Programme," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said at the second International Finance Conference at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
India's forex reserves jumped by $4.039 billion to $598.89 billion for the week ended September 1, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had dropped by $30 million to $594.86 billion. It can be noted that in October 2021, the country's forex kitty had reached an all-time high of $645 billion.
India too will advocate the IMF quote reforms at the two-day meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors beginning Saturday.
The International Monetary Fund has lowered India's economic growth forecast by 1 per cent to 5-6 per cent for 2012-13.
With former prime minister Imran Khan in jail, Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is tipped to emerge as the single largest party in the elections.
Part of periodic Article IV consultations on state of the economy; team to have discussions with government as well as banks, private investors and civil society
India's forex reserves dropped by $30 million to $594.858 billion for the week ended August 25, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had dropped by $7.27 billion to $594.89 billion. It can be noted that in October 2021, the country's forex kitty had reached an all-time high of $645 billion.
The Planning Commission on Thursday described the International Monetary Fund's growth projection of 8.8 per cent for India as optimistic and said the panel would stick to its outlook.
China's banks and financial sector are healthy, but there are vulnerabilities that should be addressed by the authorities.
India is not particularly enamoured by the AMF idea and would much rather see the Fund revitalised and reinvented as a multilateral institution. Indeed, there could be a meeting of minds between India and the US on the IMF's future.
The Reserve Bank has entered into an agreement buy up to $10 billion (over Rs 45,000 crore) worth notes from the IMF to help the multilateral agency shore up its resources for assisting countries hit by the global financial meltdown.
India's forex reserves dropped by $7.27 billion to $594.89 billion for the week ended August 18, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had risen by $708 million to $602.16 billion. The country's forex kitty had reached an all-time high of $645 billion in October 2021.
Moody's Investors Service on Thursday said India is likely continue to face challenges in raising longer-term growth potential and creating enough jobs for its young population in the absence of higher trade openness. In its report on South Asia sovereigns, Moody's said compared with other South Asian economies, India appears to be in a better position to deepen its integration in global value chains, attract FDI and increase exports. The country has better macroeconomic fundamentals, more stable politics and a more developed export sector.
The IMF has warned that an imminent debt default by the US due to the government shutdown would result in disruptions in financial markets and could possibly trigger global economic turmoil.
Terming the Indian growth pattern as impressive, the International Monetary Fund has said that it does not foresee the economy overheating as long as the current monetary policy is in place. "(India's) growth has been impressive--9.7 per cent in 2006, 8.9 per cent in 2007 and we are viewing at 8.4 per cent in 2008. That is really an impressive growth pattern," IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato said.
'We are cautious only on sub-sectors that have seen massive melt-up during the past six months.'
Asian economies have been very strong in their stimulus from both monetary and fiscal sources.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) has said the current global economic crisis is turning into a human calamity as it has hit millions of poor people across the world.
The IMF's Financial System Stability Assessment Update said India had improved its supervision and regulations in the 20 years since it started liberalising its economy and that its financial system fared well in the global financial crisis.
'Nations like India with high inflation and public debt should be cautious'
A rapidly deteriorating balance of payments may warrant that but the political climate is too risky
The highest decision making body of the IMF met at its headquarters in Washington on Saturday in the wake of the corruption charges that have surfaced against its chief.
The US' influence on a European CEO-headed multilateral institution is out of sync.
Nothing is more promising than countries putting aside hubris and ideological differences to invest in our shared future, observes Durga Sreenivasan, a delegate at COP28.
With inflation softening to a six-year low of 2.43 per cent, there is scope for further easing of monetary policy, the IMF said in its review of the economy following Article IV consultations with the Indian authorities. The IMF expects average inflation to moderate to 2 per cent in 2009-10 from about 8.8 per cent in the current fiscal. Inflation has been coming down consistently after touching a peak of 12.91 per cent in August last year.
Suggesting steps to boost the Indian economy, the IMF chief further said the government should focus on fiscal consolidation.
"Growth is expected to moderate gradually in China... pick up in India, and remain broadly stable in the Asean-5 region."
Besides French Finance Minister Lagarde, seen as a strong candidate, there are four to five other aspirants in the race for the post vacated by Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Pakistan-India bilateral relations remained frozen for the fourth year over the vexed Kashmir issue but analysts hope the strained ties could be repaired if Nawaz Sharif becomes the prime minister for a record fourth time in the general elections in February in the absence of his main challenger Imran Khan who is in jail in multiple cases.
Ground reality suggests that someone from the developing world does not stand a chance to emerge victorious.
The International Monetary Fund expects India's economic growth rate to moderate to 7.5-7.75 per cent this fiscal, from 8.5 per cent in 2010-11, on account slowing investments and sluggish global recovery.
India's foreign exchange reserves jumped $708 million to $602.16 billion for the week ended August 11, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday. This is the first increase in the kitty after declining for three consecutive weeks. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had declined $2.42 billion to $601.45 billion.
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