Reuters News Articles By Lesley Wroughton Find the latest breaking news from around the world on Reuters.com, including news articles on politics, technology, business, entertainment and more. http://www.reuters.com/ 2009-11-28T00:56:17+01:00 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) IMF approves $1.7 bln loan for Dominican Rep. 2009-11-09T22:09:26+01:00 2009-11-09T22:09:26+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSN0927730720091109 Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Monday approved a $1.7 billion loan program for the Dominican Republic to shore up confidence in the government's economic policies and win additional financing from other lenders. FACTBOX-The IMF common reserve proposal and BRIC savings 2009-11-05T18:11:59+01:00 2009-11-05T18:11:59+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/europeanCurrencyNews/idUSN0548257720091105 Lesley Wroughton Nov 5 (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has proposed creating a common pool of reserves to help rebalance the world economy by dissuading emerging market countries from accumulating massive foreign exchange reserves. ... Ukraine new wage bill 'totally unsustainable' -IMF 2009-11-04T15:39:46+01:00 2009-11-04T15:39:46+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSWEN606020091104 Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Ukraine's new wage bill is "totally unsustainable" and cannot be financed without leading to higher inflation and job cuts, the International Monetary Fund's mission chief said on Wednesday. UPDATE 2-Projected U.S. deficits unsustainable-W.House 2009-11-03T18:33:45+01:00 2009-11-03T18:33:45+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN0350106920091103 Lesley Wroughton (Adds Orszag comments answering audience questions, IMF comments) Projected U.S. deficits unsustainable: White House 2009-11-03T18:34:29+01:00 2009-11-03T18:34:29+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5A23HQ20091103 Lesley Wroughton NEW YORK (Reuters) - Projected U.S. budget deficits are too high and could force up interest rates and crowd out investments unless the country takes action, the White House budget chief said on Tuesday. UPDATE 3-Debt high, too early to adjust fiscal policies-IMF 2009-11-03T22:45:51+01:00 2009-11-03T22:45:51+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN0349939920091103 Lesley Wroughton * IMF projects widening fiscal deficits in major economies UPDATE 2-IMF sells 200 tonnes of gold to India central bank 2009-11-03T02:12:53+01:00 2009-11-03T02:12:53+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN0246812020091103 Lesley Wroughton * Sale is part of total of 403.3 tonnes to be sold by IMF UPDATE 1-IMF to look at Iceland debt in next review 2009-10-29T15:25:01+01:00 2009-10-29T15:25:01+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN2924146520091029 Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - An International Monetary Fund mission is expected to conduct a second review of Iceland's loan program in December and will look at a restructuring framework for private household and corporate debt, a senior IMF official ... Kazakh economy improves but bank problems weigh-IMF 2009-10-29T17:57:01+01:00 2009-10-29T17:57:01+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2936716020091029 Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said the decline in Kazakhstan's economy appears to have bottomed-out although it urged the authorities to do more to address bank solvency problems. IMF approves delayed Iceland program review 2009-10-28T17:14:09+01:00 2009-10-28T17:14:09+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSWEN554820091028 Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved a long-delayed review of Iceland's economic performance under its IMF bailout package and agreed to disburse a $167.5 million tranche under the program.