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...Less than 24 hours after Sarkozy made an unprecedented presidential appearance at a meeting of European Union economy and finance ministers in Brussels on Monday, that forum declared its support for Strauss-Kahn to replace current IMF director general, Spaniard Rodrigo Rato, who steps down in October. That would appear to make Strauss-Kahn a lock for the job, although not if developing nations - emboldened by recent grumblings from Britain - propose a strong alternative candidate. In going to bat for the former Socialist Finance Minister who oversaw France's last big economic and employment boom in the late 1990s, however...
...longer oil prices continue to climb, the greater the inflationary pressures will become. Rodrigo de Rato, the IMF's managing director, said last week that if high oil prices persist, "the impact on Asian growth will be considerable." Degussa's Wagner also warns that his forecast of continued profit growth depends on the stabilizing of raw-material prices. "There's tremendous uncertainty," says Deutsche Bank's Wall. For the moment, though, Europe's business executives, policymakers and central bankers are sitting tight, hoping their luck isn't about to change...
...school of economists who believe that the rate of advance achieved in 1949-53 cannot and should not be aimed at as a matter of deliberate policy. More explicitly, they believe that governmental policy should be directed toward the prevention of a collapse, but not toward the maximum potential rato of growth and expansion...
...Hank Rato, the starting right end on offense, injured his knee in the second period of Saturday's game and is not expected to play for at least two weeks...
...considered. Roberts saw a wealth of action last year and is sure to want to see a lot more this year. MacDonald is expected to be another Barry Wood or Red Grange--if and when. If and when won't occur until the middle of this season at any rato, according to the most reliable reports current hereabouts...
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