Mexican president expects IMF to raise more than $430 billion firewall pledged this year
By Associated Press, Published: June 16
LOS CABOS, Mexico — G20 summit host President Felipe Calderon of Mexico said Saturday that he expects the world’s largest economies to deliver more than the $430 billion pledged to stop the spread of the European financial crisis.
Calderon told a small group of reporters that he expects “there to be capitalization that’s bigger” than the amount fund members promised in April. He called International Monetary Fund recapitalization one of the key tests of the success of the summit.
The Mexican president said Saturday that he doesn’t expect the United States to contribute to the recapitalization, something that he said showed the importance of emerging economies. The money would be used to bail out countries and key industries unable to borrow money on the open market due to fears the crisis will leave them unable to repay.
“I expect there to be a very important agreement on the IMF,” he said. “It will have a transcendental importance for many reasons, primarily because it will probably be the most important capitalization agreement that the fund has had in its history.
“Secondly, it will be the first time that the fund is capitalized without the United States,” he said. “On this occasion the leadership of the United States wasn’t necessary.”
Group of 20 leaders are gathering for a two-day summit starting Monday that will be dominated by the crisis in Europe.
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