IMF faces balancing act over eurozone

The great shadow over the world economy in the summer of 2012 is the fear that Italy or Spain will need an international bailout. But it is also an ominous prospect for the International Monetary Fund, an institution that would have to respond with speed and conviction.

ESO: Background information: IMF: eurozone at centre of coming storm http://www.europeansources.info/record/imf-eurozone-at-centre-of-coming-storm/

IMF: IMF Survey, 21.6.12: IMF Urges Eurozone to Make More Determined, Collective Response to Crisis http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2012/CAR062112A.htm

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