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France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde announces her candidacy to head the IMF during a press conference in Paris, May 25, 2011
Friday, Sep. 09, 2011

Open quoteCountries must act now — and act boldly — to steer their economies through this dangerous new phase of the recovery.Close quote

  • International Monetary Fund chief CHRISTINE LAGARDE,
  • before meeting with the G7 group of leading economies. Lagarde praised U.S. President Barack Obama's jobs plan as a part of a "path to recovery"
Photo: Jacky Naegelen / Reuters | Source: BBC