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• IMF considers next steps against Argentina in economic data row

  WASHINGTON, Feb 1- The International Monetary Fund's board will consider on Friday whether to issue a so-called declaration of censure against Argentina for failing to fix economic data that many consider flawed, bringing the country a step closer to being sanctioned.

• Japan's Yen Policy Under Fire

  

  Japan's economy minister rejected criticism on Saturday that his country's extraordinary fiscal and monetary stimulus program was aimed at weakening the yen and undermined central bank independence.

• UPDATE 1-Japan defends stimulus, yen policy under fire

  *Japan economy minister says not trying to weaken yen. *South Korea central banker criticises Japan policy.

• IMF urges mid-term plan for Japan debt reduction

  DAVOS, Switzerland Jan 26- The head of the International Monetary Fund called on Saturday for Japan to put forward a medium-term plan to reduce its public debt after this week's bold monetary and fiscal stimulus measures. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde told the World Economic Forum in Davos: " Japan has made very important decisions.

• Bankers, policymakers say Europe's crisis not over

  DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 26- International bankers and finance ministers warned on Saturday that Europe's crisis was not over even though the euro currency is now stabilised, it will take years to overcome economic malaise and mass unemployment in Europe.

• IMF's Lagarde: US Dysfunction a Big Deal 

  

  Discussing just how much of an issue the U.S. debt debate has been on the progress of business and the economy around the world, with Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund managing director, and CNBC's Maria Bartiromo.

• Davos strives to make climate talk more than hot air

  DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 25- Climate change is back on the global agenda, with debate in the corridors at Davos given fresh impetus by U.S. The World Economic Forum has not held back in its own assessment of the dangers, with former Mexican president Felipe Calderon warning of "a climate crisis with potentially devastating impacts on the global economy".

• Britain's EU future elbows out euro woes at Davos

  At the last World Economic Forum in Davos there were frantic secret meetings on saving the euro and private straw polls on whether the euro zone would break up and how soon Greece would be forced out. "I recall last year in 2012, Davos was full of uncertainty about the euro zone," European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said in an interview.

• IMF's Lagarde: Central Bank Action Is Needed  

  

  Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, tells CNBC that central banks have been acted as the firemen of the global economy, and their action was, and is, still needed.

• UPDATE 2-IMF says Europe curbing global economy; hopeful on 2014

  WASHINGTON, Jan 23- An unexpectedly stubborn euro zone recession and weakness in Japan will weigh on global economic growth this year before a rebound in 2014 that should deliver the fastest expansion since 2010, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday.

• IMF Scales Back Growth Projection For 2013 

  

  CNBC's Hampton Pearson reports the latest headlines from the International Monetary Fund on its world economic outlook Growth will be gradual, he says.

• ANALYSIS-Deal with PM buys BOJ time, but probably just few months

  TOKYO, Jan 23- The Bank of Japan appears to have accomplished a tactical masterstroke in giving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe an ambitious inflation target and an "open ended" commitment to buying assets, without expending any of its policy firepower.

• Eurogroup bids farewell to mercurial Juncker, heralds new era

  BRUSSELS, Jan 22- It started as an informal dinner among European finance ministers more than 14 years ago and has steadily gained prominence under its veteran president, Jean-Claude Juncker. Only Spain opposed the appointment.

• Bankers to Find Atmosphere More Congenial in Davos

  

  Among the government overseers who will be flocking to the Swiss town for the World Economic Forum, there seems to be a growing feeling that the banks have taken enough bashing. The NYT reports.

• COLUMN-Christine Lagarde gets tough on Wall Street-Chrystia Freeland

  WASHINGTON, Jan 18- Watch out Wall Street and look sharp, City of London- one of the sheriffs of global capitalism is riding into town.

• WRAPUP 2-BOJ eyes open-ended asset buying, agrees new inflation goal

  By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto. TOKYO, Jan 18- Japan's government and central bank have agreed to set 2 percent inflation as a new target next week, when the Bank of Japan will also consider making an open-ended commitment to buy assets until the target is in sight, sources familiar with the BOJ's thinking told Reuters.

• IMF Chief Urges Major Economies to Promote Growth

  

  The European Central Bank should keep monetary policy easy and perhaps try to lower borrowing costs further to help the euro zone's struggling economy, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday.

• INTERVIEW-Greece not out of woods, must stick to reforms -FinMin

  ATHENS, Jan 17- Greece must resist internal political pressure to slow economic reforms in a year that will dictate whether it avoids bankruptcy, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras told Reuters in an interview.

• UPDATE 2-IMF chief urges ECB to keep policy loose, even do more

  WASHINGTON, Jan 17- The European Central Bank should keep monetary policy easy and perhaps try to lower borrowing costs further to help the euro zone's struggling economy, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday.

• IMF's Lagarde says Greek program moving in 'right direction'

  WASHINGTON, Jan 16- Greece's economic program is moving in the right direction, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday as the IMF agreed to disburse the next tranche of the country's rescue loan.