World economy still in danger zone: IMF

Feb 27, 2012 |

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Despite the improvement in indicators of global activities, the risks are latent and the world economy is still in 'the danger zone', International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde has said.

At the conclusion of the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, Lagarde said at a press conference that the reasons to stay alert is the situation of 'fragile financial sector' in the eurozone, the 'high level of public debt in most advanced economies' and 'high oil prices'.

"Growth is still weak in advanced economies and is moderating in some emerging markets, and at the same time, unemployment remains excessively in many economies, particularly in advanced economies," Lagarde said.

She termed the outcome of Sunday's meeting of the 20 strongest economies in the 'a step in the right direction' to a sequence of actions to Europe to increase its 'firewall' and then wait contributions from the IMF.

The G20 agreed Sunday in a communique that they will wait for the eurozone to strengthen its 'firewall' before providing more resources to the IMF, an issue which would be discussed in April.

The IMF is seeking to raise $500 billion to cope with the sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone and its possible implications to other regions.

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