{"id":858,"date":"2011-09-19T21:26:08","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T01:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=858"},"modified":"2011-09-19T21:26:08","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T01:26:08","slug":"how-the-imf-could-try-to-bolster-economy-wsj-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/09\/19\/how-the-imf-could-try-to-bolster-economy-wsj-com\/","title":{"rendered":"How the IMF Could Try to Bolster Economy &#8211; WSJ.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Europe needs to create a tightly coordinated fiscal policy among nations, even though European voters are wary that would mean something akin to a United States of Europe. Ms. Lagarde, a former French finance minister who is in the honeymoon phase of her IMF presidency, has credibility in Europe. Her task: come up with a specific plan for a tighter union, which she could argue benefits ordinary Europeans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424053111904060604576575241305497326.html?mod=WSJ_World_RIGHTTopCarousel_4\">How the IMF Could Try to Bolster Economy &#8211; WSJ.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe needs to create a tightly coordinated fiscal policy among nations, even though European voters are wary that would mean something akin to a United States of Europe. Ms. Lagarde, a former French finance minister who is in the honeymoon phase of her IMF presidency, has credibility in Europe. 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