IMF
Dodges on
Doyle Letter,
Selective
Statements on
Greece, Half-Answers
on Sudan
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, July
26, updated
below
-- At the
IMF's biweekly
press briefing
on Thursday
deputy
spokesman
David Hawley
was asked
about the
critical exit
letter of
Peter Doyle.
He said the
IMF has many
ways to review
itself; he
declined to
comment on
internal
discussions.
But what does
the IMF learn?
Greece
was again the
main focus,
with Hawley
offering some
comments then
declining to
answer saying
that
discussion are
ongoing.
Citigroup
says
there's a 90%
chance of
Greece exiting
the Euro zone;
meanwhile the
creator of the
Citi
Frankenstein,
Sandy Weill,
now says the
Glass Steagall
Act, which he
directed
Travelers'
massive
lobbying fund
to repeal,
should be
reinstated.
Inner
City Press
submitted two
questions, on
Sudan and
Gaza. The
questions
concerned
Sudan's mass
arrest of
protesters of
the austerity
the IMF is
prasing, and
Israel citing
the IMF for
the claim that
the GDP of
Gaza rose 20%
in 2011.
On
Gaza, the IMF
referred
to its website.
On Sudan,
Hawley said on
camera that
the question
"just" came
in, that he
would answer
it and put
the answer in
the transcript.
But by the
embargo time,
no Sudan
answer was
received. When
it is, it will
be published.
Update
of 11 am --
and at 10:57
am this came
in from the
IMF, and at
4:30 pm
it was added
to the
transcript:
Here
is what we
have to offer
in response to
your question:
"It’s
important for
all in Sudan,
and in
particular for
the most
vulnerable,
that the
country’s
economy is put
back on a
sustainable
path while at
the same time
strengthening
social safety
nets. Over the
medium term,
continued
policy reforms
will be needed
to ensure
macroeconomic
stability to
foster
economic
growth, job
creation and
contribute to
poverty
reduction."
And the
arrests?
Anyway, it's a
start. Watch
this site.
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