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dipsydoodle

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Wed Apr 9, 2014, 05:14 PM Apr 2014

IMF’s Lagarde: Ukraine is a challenge and an opportunity

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde has a number of pressing problems at the IMF/World Bank Spring Meeting in Washington.

The political instability surrounding Ukraine has the potential to damage the global economy and will be high on the agenda at the meeting of finance ministers and central bankers.

Weak and slow economic growth in the eurozone could also consign a generation of young people to a bleak future without work, money and influence.

Euronews correspondent Stefan Grobe spoke to Christine Lagarde ahead of the crucial meeting.

http://www.euronews.com/2014/04/09/christine-lagarde-ukraine-a-challenge-and-opportunity/

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