IMF Official Presses for Austerity

The International Monetary Fund urged Russia on Tuesday to tighten monetary policy to rein in inflation and improve its investment climate to put a halt to capital outflows resulting from political uncertainty. “The Central Bank should continue tightening policy by withdrawing liquidity and raising rates. More tightening is needed to achieve the inflation target,” mission chief Juha Kahkonen told reporters after an annual Article IV staff visit. The fund forecast 2011 […]