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New IMF chief economist faces multiple pressing issues

Challenges include Fed's plan to raise interest rates, Europe's migration crisis and the Brexit problem

Published Wed, Nov 11, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    Washington

    JUST a few months into the job, the challenges are already piled high for the International Monetary Fund's new chief economist Maurice Obstfeld.

    There's the Federal Reserve's plan to raise interest rates - which poses a deep test to economies worldwide. There's Europe's migration crisis. And not to be forgotten is Britain's threat to leave the eurozone when the region's economy is already frail.