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Rating agencies: are they too powerful? (part 2)
04/08/2011 - THE DEBATE

Rating agencies: are they too powerful? (part 2)

It's human nature to want to blame someone when things go wrong, and that might explain why officials in Europe and the United States are pointing the finger at the debt ratings agencies. Some say the ratings agencies are making a bad situation worse...but aren't the folks at S&Ps, Fitch and Moody's just doing their job?
Rating agencies: are they too powerful?
04/08/2011 - THE DEBATE

Rating agencies: are they too powerful?

It's human nature to want to blame someone when things go wrong, and that might explain why officials in Europe and the United States are pointing the finger at the debt ratings agencies. Some say the ratings agencies are making a bad situation worse...but aren't the folks at S&Ps, Fitch and Moody's just doing their job?
US retains AAA rating, but threat of downgrade remains
03/08/2011 - USA

US retains AAA rating, but threat of downgrade remains

While two key ratings agencies maintained the US’AAA rating after Washington agreed a debt deal Tuesday, the threat of a downgrade remains after Moody’s assigned a negative outlook to the rating. Now investors await Standard & Poor's verdict.
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Nicholas Dungan, Senior advisor to the Paris-based think tank IRIS
03/08/2011 - THE INTERVIEW

Nicholas Dungan, Senior advisor to the Paris-based think tank IRIS

Nicholas Dungan, a senior advisor to the French think tank IRIS (Institute for International and Strategic Affairs), speaks to Annette Young from New York about the political fallout of the last-minute US debt deal.
New IMF chief Lagarde to push ahead with reforms
06/07/2011 - IMF

New IMF chief Lagarde to push ahead with reforms

Christine Lagarde said during her first press conference as IMF chief Wednesday that she will push ahead with reforms aimed at giving developing economies more power within the lending institution.
Justin Yifu Lin, World Bank Chief Economist
04/06/2011 - THE BUSINESS INTERVIEW

Justin Yifu Lin, World Bank Chief Economist

The face of the global economy is changing and the balance is shifting away from the western world to developing economies. In a recent report, the World Bank said six developing economies will account for more than half of global growth by 2025. To discuss these issues, Markus Karlsson speaks to Justin Yifu Lin, Chief Economist at the World Bank.
Rajiv Shah, administrator of USAID
27/05/2011 - THE INTERVIEW

Rajiv Shah, administrator of USAID

Douglas Herbert speaks to Rajiv Shah, administrator for the US Agency for International Development. He tells us about the implications today of the moral and economic obligation that the world's richest country has to help others striving for a better life or greater freedom.
Search is on for Strauss-Kahn's successor at IMF
17/05/2011 - INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Search is on for Strauss-Kahn's successor at IMF

As Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s job at the International Monetary Fund hangs in the balance, speculation is rife about who will replace him as head of the global institution amid conjecture that a non-European may take the top spot for the first time.
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Gold hits record high in wake of US downgrade
20/04/2011 - ECONOMY

Gold hits record high in wake of US downgrade

Gold hit a new record high Wednesday rising over $1,500 an ounce, one day after ratings agency Standard & Poor lowered their long-term outlook on US debt to "negative". Gold is considered a ‘safe haven’ in difficult market conditions.
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Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank
15/04/2011 - THE BUSINESS INTERVIEW

Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank

With the World Bank and IMF spring meetings under way in Washington, France 24's Markus Karlsson asks Robert Zoellick about the risk of the world lurching from one major crisis to another.
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