Reuters — IMF's Lagarde Urges France To Speed Up Structural Reforms: Report
Mike Norman Economics 2014-09-08
More deficit and debt moronism from neoliberal know-nothings.
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging France to speed up structural reforms to bolster economic growth and warning against using weak inflation as an excuse to relax public deficit reduction efforts.Or maybe Lagarde is a mole for Le Pen.
In an interview with French daily Les Echos to be published on Monday, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said the French government must implement "truly, rapidly and fully structural reforms likely to generate growth".
"Even if inflation is weaker than expected, it cannot be used as a screen to postpone the necessary efforts on (public) spending", she added.Business Insider IMF's Lagarde Urges France To Speed Up Structural Reforms: Report Reuters Business