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We are very close to a full blown systemic crisis of the euro area and it is the IMF's duty to make sure the situation is stabilized. The conditions in which the IMF involvement will take place are extremely challenging and unprecedented. It puts the IMF at the heart of the euro area policymaking machinery.

October 2, 2012, Domenico Lombardi, Reuters

[The Outright Monetary Transactions program] will work if the expectation of unlimited support is not altered or compromised in some way. The key word is unlimited. It has been said in words, but the actions that follow will have to be consistent.

September 25, 2012, Domenico Lombardi, Reuters

The European Central Bank’s Bond Buying Program: Is Berlin the Greatest Beneficiary?

September 25, 2012, Domenico Lombardi

The European Central Bank’s New Bond-Buying Program: Implications for Italy

September 11, 2012, Domenico Lombardi

The International Monetary Fund: Setting Up Shop in Europe

March 2012, Domenico Lombardi

The Governance of the Financial Stability Board

September 23, 2011, Domenico Lombardi

Assessing the Financial Stability Board

September 23, 2011

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Squaring the Independence of the European Central Bank with Fiscal Decentralization

July 27, 2011, Domenico Lombardi

What is Next for the Eurozone? Taking Stock of the Euro and EU Summits

March 9, 2011, Domenico Lombardi

It’s Bailout Time in Europe

December 21, 2010, Domenico Lombardi

IMF and Asia: What's next after G20?

June 24, 2010, Domenico Lombardi

What Is the Next Sick Economy of Europe?

May 27, 2010, Domenico Lombardi

Taking Stock of the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings: G-20 Here to Stay?

April 30, 2010, Domenico Lombardi

Roundtable on IMF Surveillance: Promoting Global Economic and Financial Stability

April 26, 2010

Perspectives on the Global Economic Landscape

July 22, 2008

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