IMF candidate Carstens urges tough euro zone plan

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 02:33 EDT - Reuters - Business News

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MADRID (Reuters) - A non-European head of the International Monetary Fund could mean a tougher, more realistic action plan for the euro zone debt crisis, Mexican central bank chief Agustin Carstens said in newspaper interviews on Tuesday.

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