ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 3: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (L), French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C) and U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (R) talk after their G-7 meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center October 3, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. According to reports global financial stability has improved in the wake of policy actions with signs of economic recovery. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 3: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (L), French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C) and U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (R) talk after their G-7 meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center October 3, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. According to reports global financial stability has improved in the wake of policy actions with signs of economic recovery.

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  2. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: (L-R) Small Business Administrator Karen Mills, Treasury Secretary Timonthy Geithner, Gentle Parking's William Ortiz-Cartagena and SHEEX Co-Founder Susan Walvisu listen to Andy Cabral (C) of Dunkin Donuts speak during a small businss financing forum at the Treasury Department November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. More than 100 small business leaders and politicians were invited by the White House to participate in the small business financing forum.
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  7. ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 07: G20 finance ministers and bank govenors gather for the family photograph on November 7, 2009 in St Andrews, Scotland. G20 finance ministers have gathered in St Andrews for a G20 summit where they will discuss global economic stimulus packages and the cost of paying for climate change.
  8. ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 07: G20 finance ministers and bank govenors gather for the family photograph on November 7, 2009 in St Andrews, Scotland. G20 finance ministers have gathered in St Andrews for a G20 summit where they will discuss global economic stimulus packages and the cost of paying for climate change.
  9. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 3: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, (L-R) French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, pose for a picture prior to the SDR Signing Ceremony October 3, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. According to reports global financial stability has improved in the wake of policy actions with signs of economic recovery.
  10. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 3: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (L), French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C) and U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (R) talk after their G-7 meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center October 3, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. According to reports global financial stability has improved in the wake of policy actions with signs of economic recovery.
  11. British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (L), French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (C) and U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (R) talk after their G7 meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center October 3, 2009.
  12. England National Bank executive director Andrew Bailey (L) talks with Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling at the begining of the working session of the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen in Gothenburg on October 1, 2009. European countries met today to kickstart plans to end economic pump priming, but hesitated to commit to fixed dates for a coordinated exit stategy tackling bloated deficits.
  13. International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) shakes hands with Argentina's Economy Minister Amado Boudou during a meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center October 6, 2009. Argentina has still not reached a decision on allowing a mission from the International Monetary Fund to review the country's economy, Boudou said on Wednesday on C5N television. Picture taken on October 6, 2009.
  14. Turkish protestors chant slogans during a anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank protest near the summit area in Istanbul on October 7, 2009.
  15. Turkish protestors face riot police during a anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank protest near the summit area in Istanbul on October 7, 2009.
  16. International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) shakes hands with the incoming Development Chairman Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa at the Istanbul Congress Center October 6, 2009.

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