Myriad of comments from IMF’s Strauss-Kahn hitting wires.

  • Resurging capital flows to emerging markets present policy challenges
  • Emerging market capital flows may trigger destabilising moves in fx, asset markets
  • Tools to ease inflows incl fx appreciation, tight fiscal policies, lower interest rates
  • Asia shouldn’t resist gradual fx appreciation as prerequisite for global rebalancing
  • Loose policies must stay until firm recovery
  • Some emerging markets must unwind crisis support “sooner rather than later”
  • Policymakers in all countries should start planning exit strategies now
  • Global economic recovery remains fragile