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The International Monetary Fund no longer considers Russian default "improbable", and the World Bank also considers Russia's and Belarus's default likely.
2022-03-10

Christine Lagarde announces that she will step down as managing director of the International Monetary Fund on 12 September 2019.
2019-07-16

President of Argentina Mauricio Macri announces talks with the International Monetary Fund on financial support for the country's economy. The Central Bank of Argentina interest rate is now at 40%, inflation at 25% and the value of the Argentine peso at a record low.
2018-05-8

Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn goes on trial in France on pimping charges.
2015-02-2

Former International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn is summoned by French police to face questions about alleged involvement in a prostitution ring in the city of Lille.
2012-02-18

A court in France announces a delay of an investigation into whether Christine Lagarde abused her authority as Finance Minister of that country. Lagarde is the new Director of the International Monetary Fund.
2011-07-8

Lawyers for French novelist Tristane Banon say that she will file a criminal complaint accusing former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape.
2011-07-4

Christine Lagarde, the French Minister for Finance, announces her candidacy to be head of the International Monetary Fund.
2011-05-25

Austerity measures of pay cuts and pension freeze supported by the European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF) cause civil servants to stage a 24-hour strike in Greece.
2010-10-7

Google begins to phase out its support for Internet Explorer 6 after it was identified as a weak link in cyber attacks on the search engine.
2010-01-30