Trump has repeatedly blamed China for the coronavirus pandemic which originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year and accused Beijing of suppressing the details of the contagion.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday said an Indian or Chinese could be the next chief of the International Monetary Fund, and played down the chances of his predecessor Gordon Brown taking over the key position.
International Monetary Fund has warned emerging markets, which have so far weathered the ongoing financial crisis, that they may not be completely insulated, while noting that risks to India's financial sector appeared manageable. The top international organisation has raised the assessment of market risks for the emerging markets including on capital flows. It said that despite generally strong external positions, some concerns have arisen about dollar funding in Asia.
The International Monetary Fund has welcomed the decision of the United Arab Emirates to come to the rescue of its banks in Dubai and said it is monitoring the situation that took the world market by surprise.
The downgraded World Bank forecast follows a similar move by the International Monetary Fund, which cut its growth forecasts two months ago
It might help alleviate the economic crisis by addressing the root cause of the unwillingness to spend, says Robert J Shiller.
If Kamal Nath launches a broadside, it is because his ministry now can no longer afford to ignore the advice that comes from Yojana Bhavan.
India's external debt rose by 16.46 per cent to $261.4 billion at the end of 2009-10 on the back of an improved liquidity in the global financial system along with an additional allocation of special drawing rights of the International Monetary Fund.
The International Monetary Fund has said that it expects India's economic growth to accelerate and inch closer to that of China.
The gold reserves remained unchanged at $18.691 billion.
Democracy, nation-state and globalisation can't go together; we can have at the most two at one time, says Dani Rodrik.
The Indian economy, by and large, will withstand the current crisis like it withstood the Asian and Western world credit crises.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh will not attend the spring meeting of International Monetary Fund and World Bank, starting in Washington on March 20.
India's reserve position with the International Monetary Fund was down $4.4 million to $1.67 billion.
Retail investors should continue to invest in accrual schemes like cash and floating rate funds.
India is expected to grow by 8.75 per cent in 2010 and 8.5 per cent in 2011, driven by a strong domestic demand, International Monetary Fund said in its 2010 World Economic Outlook released here on Wednesday.
The IMF proposals will be reviewed by the finance ministers of G-20, whose representatives are in Washington for meetings this week, The Post reported.
The gold reserves remained unchanged at $18.691 billion in the week.
The International Monetary Fund has ended its annual meetings without doing anything to enhance its credibility and effectiveness. In the process, as Finance Minister P Chidambaram warned in Washington, it risks becoming irrelevant.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram held informal consultations on Wednesday on possible candidates for the Reserve Bank deputy governor's post.
Eyewitnesses said that a section of the protesters had remained for the all-night vigil.
The country will get more voice in decision-making at IMF.
Arvind Panagariya, sherpa for India at the summit, tweeted about the "interaction".
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