Friday, May 25, 2007

IMF Warns Russia Against Moves to Rapidly Accelerate Government Spending

(Bloomberg) -- The International Monetary Fund warned
about accelerating Russian government spending and raised
questions about whether it will administer the money effectively.

Russia plans to spend ``most of the oil windfall in the
next couple of years,'' Poul Thomsen, head of the IMF in Russia,
told reporters in Moscow today. ``The government must ask itself
whether it's wise to spend this oil wealth so quickly.''


Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News

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