IMF chief welcomes eurozone package

Report of a FT interview with Dominique Strauss Kahn, IMF managing director, 11 May 2010. He said that the 9-10 May 2010 European €750bn rescue package was sufficient to solve the immediate crisis in the eurozone, but the single currency area still needed significant further reform to its structures and fiscal policy if it was to prosper.

ESO: Background information: EU and IMF agree €720bn boost for rescue plan http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-and-imf-agree-e720bn-boost-for-rescue-plan/

IMF Survey, 11.5.10: Agreed EU support model boosts confidence, says IMF http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2010/NEW051110A.htm

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