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Lagarde: Resolving European debt crisis requires global effort

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December 20, 2011

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is calling on countries outside Europe to help battle the region’s financial crisis, warning that the debt problems could drag down nations elsewhere by spilling over into global trade and international bank lending.

“International support, solidarity, needs to be present,” Lagarde said in an interview last week assessing her first six months at the International Monetary Fund, a period of mounting turmoil in Europe.



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