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Stanley Fischer, naturalmente. L'eccellente direttore della Banca
Nazionale di Israele. Candidatura sostenuta anche dal collega
palestinese.
Dark Horse Explores IMF Bid
By BOB DAVIS
Israeli central banker Stanley Fischer is examining a formal bid to
head the International Monetary Fund, and figures he has an outside
shot at the job if there is a deadlock in the voting, said an official
familiar with his thinking.
Mr. Fischer, a former deputy managing director of the IMF, is a long
shot. While he's widely respected among central bankers and finance
ministers, his current position as Israel's central bank governor
would make it tough to win the support of Arab nations and other
emerging-market countries, said one Arab official who has worked with
Mr. Fischer.
However, George Abed, former head of the Palestinian Monetary
Authority, said Friday that Mr. Fischer is "the most qualified of all
the candidates that I have seen mentioned in the media so far" for the
IMF job. Mr. Abed called Mr. Fischer "pragmatic, politically savvy,
and a skilled manager" in an email exchange with the Wall Street
Journal.
For now, the odds-on favorite is French Finance Minister Christine
Lagarde because she is widely supported in Europe, which has about 35%
of the votes in the IMF. A simple majority is needed to win the job.
Ms. Lagarde and Mexico's central bank governor, Agustin Carstens last
week declared their candidacies to replace former IMF Managing
Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned after being arrested in
New York on charges of sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper.
The major European governments have coalesced quickly behind Ms.
Lagarde. However, emerging economies, led by Brazil, Russia, India and
China, have called for a break with the six-decade old tradition of
appointing a European to the IMF's top job and an American to the
IMF's No. 2 slot.
Mr. Carstens hopes to lock up the emerging-market bloc, while other
candidates from developing countries could announce their candidacies
in the coming days, including former South African Finance Minister
Trevor Manuel. The IMF plans to announce three candidates by June 10
and select a winner by the end of the month. The organization, with
187 member nations, provides economic advice, technical assistance and
emergency loans around the world.
The U.S., with 17% of the votes, could put Ms. Lagarde over the top,
but hasn't indicated it will back her—at least in part, to make the
process seem fair and open. The U.S. also wants to be able to install
White House economic official David Lipton in the No. 2 slot, once
occupied by Mr. Fischer. If Europe gives up the top position, the U.S.
would likely have to forgo the second.
U.S. President Barack Obama didn't offer his support for Ms. Lagarde
when French President Nicolas Sarkozy broached the subject during
bilateral talks Friday at the gathering of the Group of Eight
industrialized economies, according to sources close to the U.S.
delegation.
If neither Mr. Carstens nor Ms. Lagarde—nor any other candidate—can
show strength beyond their region, Mr. Fischer figures IMF officials,
who know him well, might turn to him as a compromise pick, said the
official familiar with his thinking. The official said Mr. Fischer—who
was born in what is now Zambia and is a U.S. as well as an Israeli
citizen—has had indications of support from nations apart from Israel.
But Mr. Fischer's odds are very low. He spent most of his career in
the U.S. and held the IMF's No. 2 post, which by tradition goes to an
American.
If Europe's hold on the top job were broken, "it would be done more on
the grounds of increasing participation from emerging economies—not
encouraging a candidacy from the IMF's No. 1 and largest shareholder,"
said Domenico Lombardi, a Brookings Institution economist and former
IMF board member. "It would be very difficult for [Mr. Fischer] to
portray himself as a non-American. He was designated as the No. 2 at
the institution because he was American."
Based simply on his economic credentials, Mr. Fischer is one of the
most qualified officials to lead the IMF. After a career as a
respected academic economist, and a stint at the World Bank, he earned
widespread respect during his time at the fund.
But even with his economic qualifications, he may fall short in his
political profile compared to other candidates, Mr. Lombardi said.
"He's a highly regarded technocrat. He's not a politician...This would
be an important requirement given the increased political role the IMF
has had in the past couple of years."
Mr. Fischer also is 67 years old—two years older than IMF rules allow
for the initial selection of a managing director. But IMF experts have
said that the board could waive or change those rules.
Asian countries might balk at a Fischer candidacy because of his role
at the IMF during the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998, which is
remembered in the region as a time when the fund imposed unfair
requirements on bankrupt nations in exchange for rescue loans.
Mr. Fischer has a wide range of close colleagues in the Obama
administration, including Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. During
the Asian crisis, Mr. Geithner, then a Treasury international affairs
official, worked closely with Mr. Fischer to devise strategies to
contain the economic turmoil.
But the U.S. opposed Mr. Fischer's candidacy for the top IMF job when
he ran for it in 2000. Mr. Fischer won substantial support from Africa
and the Middle East, including from Mr. Manuel of South Africa. But
the U.S. balked, trying to preserve the tradition of the top IMF job
going to a European and the second position going to a U.S. citizen.
Mr. Fischer figures he can blunt somewhat the opposition that an
Israeli candidate might engender, said the official, because he has
close ties with top Palestinian leaders. They include Palestinian
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, whose career Mr. Fischer advanced when
Mr. Fayyad was at the IMF, and Mr. Abed, formerly of the PMA.
Messrs. Fischer and Abed worked together at the IMF before Mr. Abed
left to run the PMA, which is the banking regulator of the West Bank
and Gaza Strip, and would become the central bank of an independent
Palestinian state.
In his Israeli job, Mr. Fischer helped Mr. Abed, who revamped and
reformed the PMA. "In my tenure as Governor of the Palestine Monetary
Authority under very challenging political circumstances, Stan, as
Governor of the Bank of Israel, was very helpful to me and,
subsequently to my successor," Mr. Abed said, "especially in
navigating the exceedingly difficult relationship between Israeli and
Palestinian banks."

 palestinese.
Mi sembra una candidatura eccellente.
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Io non gufo l'Inter. Le spacco le corna.

 Mi sembra una candidatura eccellente.
In che rapporti è con il suo pisello?
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*Sunspot*
Pisapia è l'unico problema che Mr Wolf non sa risolvere.

 In che rapporti è con il suo pisello?
Penso sereni e cordiali.
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 Gia' che ne e' stato dell'ultimo presidente di Israele?
processato e condannato. Il giudice era arabo
C'e' davvero l'apartheid in quel Paese.

 della fine dei tempi
la fine dei tempi e' roba buona per gli alcolizzati.

 Penso sereni e cordiali.
Non è più possibile commettere errori, bisogna andare sul sicuro: è
meglio eliminare il problema alla radice e scegliere qualcuno privo
di pisello.
Una donna, per esempio.
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Carmen Llera cosa ne pensava?
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*Sunspot*
Pisapia č l'unico problema che Mr Wolf non sa risolvere.

 Una donna, per esempio.
Sono contrario al sessismo.
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recoil is insignificant when there is a tiger on the head of your elephant