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
optimistic point views
I find these views optimistic to the point of willful blindness.
actions aware banks central partners reduce respect risks sure
There are actions governments and central banks can take to reduce the risks of that outbreak, and we are making sure that all partners in this respect are aware of what they can do.
continuing economic global good large performance problem rests shaky
The problem is that good economic performance rests on a shaky foundation, because of large and continuing global imbalances.
demand great hints reduction second strong
We don't see a great reduction in demand... There have been some hints that demand will be receding in the second quarter, but we see strong demand in the world.
budget good year
This year is going to be challenging for the budget in the U.S. and probably we are going to see a resurgence of a deficit, which is not good news.
aware clearly companies consumers increase oil true
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.
economy expected faster growing
We see the world economy growing faster than we expected in September.
few next
We should be able to have this in the next few weeks.
adjust higher last likely prices situation
It is likely that higher prices are going to last and that ... we have to adjust to a situation that is going to last.
advice community effort focused fund individual intent key members priorities
Our intent is to make the fund more focused on the key priorities of this effort by making our advice to individual members and the whole international community more effective.
allow company competition country debt larger market privatize state
It is advisable for the country to privatize the state Telecommunication Company (HONDUTEL), and allow larger competition on the market for its $4-million debt to be pardoned.
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I think the Chinese authorities, one, clearly recognize the advantage to move to a more flexible monetary system and, two, they recognize it has to be done in a gradual way but that it has to be done without delay,
chinese given healthy importance
Given the importance of the Chinese economy, that will be healthy for the world economy.