Dominique Strauss-Kahn

  • 16 May 2011

    IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is denied bail after being arrested on suspicion of attempted rape as Economics Editor Faisal Islam says the scandal “will matter” as austerity measures grip Europe.

  • 15 May 2011

    International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn is arrested at JFK Airport in New York in connection with an alleged sexual assault on a hotel maid.

  • 23 Nov 2009

    Has the IMF pulled the rug out from under David Cameron?

    In the not-very-funny economics joke, the IMF stands for “it’s mostly fiscal”. That’s a reference to its long-held ideology of forcing developing countries to cut spending and budget deficits in response to almost any financial crisis. It was a sort of cosmic chastity belt on fiscal profligacy. So what better ally for the prospective iron…