Rodrigo Rato
Rodrigo Rato
Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredois a Spanish political figure who served in the government of Spain as Minister of the Economy from 1996 to 2004; a member of the conservative People's Party, he was also First Deputy Prime Minister from 2003 to 2004. Subsequently he became Managing Director of the International Monetary Fundand served from 2004 to 2007...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 March 1949
CountrySpain
economy expected faster growing
We see the world economy growing faster than we expected in September.
based changes countries economic economy frozen weight
This is an institution based on the representation of countries based on their economic weight in the world economy. The world economy is not a frozen thing; it changes over time.
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So we see clearly that the Indian government is moving in a path of reform that will allow the Indian economy to perform on a strong footing in future. We think that the prospects for the Indian economy are very good.
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The impact of oil on the global economy has so far been moderate, but it remains a serious risk.
believe progressive economy
We believe that the Federal Reserve has to carry on with a progressive increase in interest rates as a consequence of the American economy.
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Oil prices have certainly become a threat for the world economy.
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So the American economy needs the world, and the world needs the American economy.
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We see clearly that governments have to make consumers and companies aware of the true prices. This is not going to be just a short-lived increase in the oil prices.
acute recovery
We see a recovery in Europe, not very acute but a recovery, and we see a more broad-based recovery in Japan.
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These measures would take some time to have their full effect, but taking them would help calm the oil market.
among reforms
There was a consensus, at least among the two big parties, that reforms were crucial.
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We should be able to have this in the next few weeks.
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Most cases, I would say, in a huge amount of cases, countries that have worked with us and have used our financial facilities have come out quick... more quickly and in a better shape from a crisis than would have come out otherwise.
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Those arrears have been cleared but also there are issues right now regarding the consistency of data and we are working on that.