## No Time to Waste: IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde

_IMF Blog, July 6, 2011_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: iMFdirect
- Published: July 6, 2011

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### Focal issues outlined by the Managing Director
- Our analysis of the connections between and among countries' economies and financial sectors
- The credibility of our analysis to countries must be candid and evenhanded
- A comprehensive approach to our work that includes employment and social issues to help create stable economies

### Immediate priorities and tone
- Lagarde told the assembled reporters she had arrived in Washington soon after her selection because "there are many issues to address that cannot wait for a summer holiday."
- First press conference emphasized urgency: "No Time to Waste"

### Main challenges identified
- In an interview the day before, Lagarde said sovereign debt and capital flows were two of the main challenges facing the global economy.

### Multimedia
- Have a look: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcBYTiMwzIY]

*No Time to Waste: IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde — iMFdirect, July 6, 2011*

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## References

- [press conference](http://www.imf.org/external/mmedia/index.aspx)
- [interview](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2011/INT070611A.htm)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2011/07/06/no-time-to-waste-imf-managing-director-christine-lagarde_