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  Rodrigo Rato - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo (born March 18, 1949) was Spain's Economy Minister and Vice President serving with the People's Party (PP) between 1996 and 2004.
In 1967 his father, his brother Ramón Rato Figaredo and his uncle were all given prison sentences and heavy fines for having capital resources hidden in Switzerland.
Rato was given shared responsibility over the elections with Francisco Álvarez-Cascos Fernández, the new party Secretary General.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rodrigo_Rato   (666 words)

  
 Rato Dratsang, Rato Monastery, India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Rato Dratsang was founded in the fourteenth century in Tibet’s Lhasa Valley for the purpose of preserving the Buddhist teachings on logic, specifically the works of the Indian logicians Dignaga and Dharmakirti.
Rato was the only monastery outside the "Great Three" from which scholars were awarded the Lharampa Geshe Degree, Tibet’s highest scholastic honor bestowed by the Tibetan Government.
Only a handful of Rato’s 500 monks were able to escape Tibet in 1959 after the Chinese communist takeover of the country.
www.thetibetcenter.org /rato_index1.html   (261 words)

  
 Rato preaches fiscal restraint   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Rato, who had the backing of Europe and many countries in Latin America, was selected by consensus to lead the 184-nation IMF, according to a statement released by the organisation late on Tuesday.
Rato also came under fire from the Socialist opposition in 2002 when a bank under investigation over a fraudulent investment-fund collapse lent money to a company in which he had a stake.
Rato was among three finalists vying to succeed Aznar as leader of the ruling conservative Popular Party ahead of this year's March 14 general election, which was won by the party of Socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.
www.news24.com /News24/AnanziArticle/0,,1518-25_1522164,00.html   (710 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Europe / IMF's Rato Urges Action on U.S. Deficits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
New IMF chief Rodrigo Rato said on Wednesday that the U.S. economy was growing strongly without inflation risks but the United States needed to rein in its budget and trade deficits.
Rato said the world economy was on a "strong footing" but called attention to U.S. finances.
Rato, Spain's former economy minister, said the IMF was working with Brazil on pilot projects that could be useful to provide "more authenticity" in Brazil's public accounts while reflecting the importance of infrastructure projects for the nation's development.
www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/05/05/imfs_rato_urges_action_on_us_deficits   (666 words)

  
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Rato said long and short term rates worldwide were very low and there was a danger of cheap credit making for risky decisions.
Rato, a former Spanish economy minister, said the euro zone's monetary policy was suitable but the European Central Bank must be extremely vigilant on inflation.
Rato, who worked in Spain's former right-of-centre government, said European leaders had to press ahead with economic reforms proposed in 2000 known as the Lisbon Agenda.
www.polity.org.za /pol/home/?show=76185   (537 words)

  
 United Press International - Business(p) - IMF confirms Rodrigo Rato as new leader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Rato was Minister of Economy and Vice President for Economic Affairs for the Government of Spain between 2000 and 2004.
Rato was free to run for the position after Spain's conservative Partido Popular party lost in general elections held shortly after the March 11 Madrid train bombings.
Rato was chosen as Europe's candidate for the IMF post over rival European candidate Jean Lemierre, president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
www.upi.com /view.cfm?StoryID=20040504-034950-3201r   (1133 words)

  
 MercoPress - Falklands-Malvinas & South Atlantic News
Rato points out that the completion of a comprehensive and sustainable restructuring of Argentina’s sovereign debt to private creditors is a “particularly important”, “indispensable” element.
Rato surprised the Kirchner administration that unilaterally delayed the consideration of the third review of the Stand-by arrangement with IMF and was expecting to reimburse for the rest of the year, 1,4 billion US dollars instead of 2,4 billion.
Rato’s brief but intense visit to Buenos Aires was accompanied by violent street protests and storming of the Economy Ministry building, (where the IMF delegation was holding talks), Government House (Casa Rosada) and even the Sheraton Hotel which was the temporary IMF HQ.
www.falkland-malvinas.com /Detalle.asp?NUM=4190   (955 words)

  
 RTE Business - IMF's Rato offers upbeat outlook
Rato acknowledged that crude oil prices are likely to be about $5 a barrel higher than expected when the IMF drafted its World Economic Outlook in April, but said this is unlikely to have a major impact because 'our economies are more efficient' and growth is stronger than in the past.
Rato also pledged to review the governance structure of the 182-country organisation and to listen to developing nations.
Rato, 55, lost his post as Spain's finance and economy minister when his party was rejected in elections.
www.rte.ie /business/2004/0610/imf.html   (391 words)

  
 Rato certain to head IMF
Rato, 55, is seen as one of the architects of Spain's economic resurgency over the past decade but he lost his post as finance and economy minister and deputy prime minister when the conservative government of Jose Maria Aznar lost an election last month.
Rato emerged as the EU's sole candidate this week after rival French contender, Jean Lemierre, was ruled out when he was re-elected for a second term as president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
But despite his government's defeat, Rato was supported by the US, Britain, a big grouping of Latin American countries and a number of smaller EU states.
www.news24.com /News24/AnanziArticle/0,,1518-25_1516693,00.html   (502 words)

  
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Because of their teachings, Rato soon stood above the crowd of monasteries in the central lands of Tibet, distinguishing itself as one of the major centers where one could study the great texts of Buddhist logic composed by the Lord of Reasoning, Dignaga, and his spiritual son, Dharmakirti.
Although Rato is renowned primarily for its course in Buddhist logic, scholars from the monastery have always devoted themselves to the other traditional monastic subjects as well: to dbu-ma and phar-phyin as mentioned above, and to 'dul-ba (the study of vowed morality) and mdzod (the teachings of the Vaibhasika school of classical Buddhism).
Rato Khyongla Rinpoche, Ngawang Lobsang New York, September 1992 Editor's note: The woodblock edition used for printing the commentary by the Tongkor Shabdrung is the only copy of which we are aware, and is in poor condition.
www.asianclassics.org /download/texts/sungbum/S0036F.ACE   (1641 words)

  
 Rodrigo Rato -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In 1967 his father, his brother Ramón Rato Figaredo and his uncle were all given prison sentences and heavy fines for having capital resources hidden in (A landlocked federal republic in central Europe) Switzerland.
He was seen to be on the (A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties) liberal wing of the party.
On April 2 1990 his father sold the family stake in Cadena Rato for 5,000 million (Formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos) pesetas.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/rodrigo_rato.htm   (868 words)

  
 Rato says under no U.S. pressure - Boston.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
IMF Managing Director Rodrigo Rato, speaking at a press conference on the first day of a two-day meeting near Beijing of the G20 group of developed and developing countries, said he was not under pressure from the U.S. Treasury to harden up the lender's role on currency policy surveillance.
Earlier in September, Treasury Under Secretary Tim Adams accused the IMF of being "asleep at the wheel" on its surveillance role, a stiff criticism that some observers said afterward was intended partly to allay Congressional anger over mounting U.S. deficits on its trade with China.
Rato said Chinese authorities were well aware it was in their interest to modify their currency policy and indicated some sympathy with their view that they needed time to do so.
www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/10/15/rato_says_under_no_us_pressure   (634 words)

  
 MercoPress - Falklands-Malvinas & South Atlantic News
Rato’s statements follow concerns over a possible collapse of the Euro monetary system following the landslide rejection of the EU constitution in France and the Netherlands and suggestions from Italian government officials to abandon the single EU currency system.
Rato underlined that a single currency by itself is no guarantee of prosperity, which depends “on other necessary reforms at domestic level”.
Rato cautioned that several Euro zone countries such as Italy face the danger of stagnation and said growth differences between country-members are increasing.
www.mercopress.com /Detalle.asp?NUM=5806   (820 words)

  
 Equipo Nizkor - IMF's Rato keeps mum on vision
Rodrigo Rato has played his cards close to his chest since taking over as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, travelling extensively but keeping quiet on his vision for the fund.
Mr Rato, whose appointment followed a controversial selection procedure, says he is a realist when it comes to the fund's relationship with its big shareholders.
Mr Rato sees the main role of the fund as primarily limited to macroeconomic analysis, technical assistance and efforts to help poor countries absorb aid flows efficiently.
www.derechos.org /nizkor/econ/rato1.html   (677 words)

  
 Rato Says IMF Needs To Make Its Advice More Effective - Social and Economic Policy - Global Policy Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Rato disagreed, saying large aid packages had helped Mexico and South Korea recover quickly from crises.
AFX meanwhile adds Rato said the world's leading economies should take advantage of a benign global economic outlook to strengthen their domestic economies.
Reuters further reports Rato said emerging economies, which have a growing stake in the global economy, should deepen progress in reducing economic weaknesses and set the stage for continued growth in productivity, job creation and poverty reduction.
www.globalpolicy.org /socecon/bwi-wto/imf/2004/0921rato.htm   (753 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide
Rato has ``had eight years as economy minister in a country with a successful economy, creating 4 million jobs, balancing the budget, which are things the IMF wants,'' said Rafael Pampillon, an economics professor at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid.
Rato was born in Madrid in 1949 into a family that owned a diversified company with interests in mining until the mid-1990s, and a chain of radio stations.
Rato may also have to decide whether the IMF should play a bigger role in forcing China and other nations to end fixed exchange rates and appreciate currencies, a task the lender has so far avoided, said Ted Truman, a senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics, a Washington-based research group.
quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=afFhXX.Fe7F0&refer=top_world_news   (978 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Special relationship that made an IMF chief
Rato comes from a wealthy, entrepreneurial family in the north of Spain.
According to the Rato legend, as a result of this humiliation Don Ramón had a burning desire for his youngest and favourite son, Rodrigo, to become central bank governor and restore the family honour.
The setback proved a blessing in disguise for Rato when, after a stumbling campaign, the party's new leader, Mariano Rajoy, was soundly beaten by the socialist opposition in an election overshadowed by the terrorist attacks on Madrid.
www.guardian.co.uk /business/story/0,3604,1210474,00.html   (748 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Asia / IMF Hopeful Rato Wins African Ministers' Support   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Spain's Rodrigo Rato, front-runner for the top job at the International Monetary Fund, won backing on Sunday from African ministers who were unhappy with the process used to select him.
The ministers invited Rato to Washington to discuss their concerns about the controversial process used to select a successor for Horst Koehler, who resigned in March to seek the German presidency.
Rato this weekend won public praise from several of the Group of Seven policy-makers gathered in Washington for discussions on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank meetings.
www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2004/04/26/imf_hopeful_rato_wins_african_ministers_support   (609 words)

  
 Barcelona Business: Rodrigo Rato is wrong for the IMF
One of Rato’s family firms received a large unsecured loan from HSBC in Madrid during the period when the bent Gescartera brokerage was using the bank as part of its illegal operations.
Rato refused to offer an explanation of his involvement in the Gescartera network, and his party colleague Maria Luisa Fernanda Rudi, the parliament’s speaker, blatently misinterpreted the constitutional clause requiring MPs to disclose their extra-parliamentary interests to protect Rato from questioning.
While Rato’s IMF candidacy is supported by Latin American leaders, their citizens regularly target Spanish multinationals for criticism and demonstrations.
www.adti.net /imf/barrass.html   (697 words)

  
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Rato’s selection differed from the previous succession at the IMF in 2000, when the United States rejected Germany’s first candidate before settling on Koehler.
Sharp-tongued but known for his dry sense of humor, Rato’s political ambitions were dampened at home after he was passed over to succeed former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar as leader of the conservative Popular Party, which was unexpectedly defeated at the polls in March.
Rato’s credentials abroad include an intimate knowledge of Latin America from Spain’s close business ties, common language and cultural relations with the region.
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/05/06/BSNS200405068910.html   (663 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Business | Rodrigo Rato: Tough new IMF boss
Rodrigo Rato, Spain's former finance minister, is shortly to become the International Monetary Fund's new head, after receiving the backing of the EU and seeing his most serious rivals for the job withdraw.
Mr Rato had earlier risked alienating France and Germany when he called on the European Commission to fine them after their budget deficits broke EU spending limits for yet another year.
Mr Rato will be familiar with Washington, having worked and studied in the United States in the l970s, when he acquired an MBA at the University of California, Berkeley, and, reportedly, a taste for the Rolling Stones.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/3652369.stm   (647 words)

  
 IMF Critics Denounce Selection of Rato as New Chief - Social and Economic Policy - Global Policy Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Just as in the case of every previous Managing Director, Rodrigo Rato is from Western Europe, and was chosen through an opaque series of back-room negotiations among that region's IMF shareholder governments.
Surely the manner of Rato's selection is the best proof of his observation: hardly a nod to any process designed to find the best candidate, just the whim of the region with one-third of the votes at the board.
Today's appointment of Rodrigo Rato is sad confirmation that the IMF has no intention of becoming more open, accountable, or transparent - least of all to the people who suffer under its policies.
www.globalpolicy.org /socecon/bwi-wto/imf/2004/0504rato.htm   (792 words)

  
 Rato Plans No Major Changes as New IMF Director (washingtonpost.com)
Rodrigo Rato, the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund, signaled his intention yesterday to maintain the approach set by his predecessors.
Quoting his immediate predecessor, Horst Koehler, Rato said the IMF "is a learning institution" that is capable of drawing lessons from such episodes.
Quoting his immediate predecessor, Rodrigo Rato said the IMF "is a learning institution" capable of drawing lessons from such episodes as the financial crisis in Argentina several years ago.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A18997-2004May11.html   (515 words)

  
 Spain's Rato building consensus of support to head IMF
PARIS (AFP) - Outgoing Spanish Economy Minister Rodrigo Rato is emerging as the most likely candidate to become the next director general of the IMF, winning the backing of the incoming Socialist Spanish government and from several European leaders.
Rato, 55, is widely seen as the architect of success of the Spanish economy since the outgoing PP party pushed through tough structural reforms.
In addition to Rato, the names of Frenchman Pascal Lamy, currently European Trade commissioner, and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development head and a fellow Frenchman Jean Lemierre have been floated.
www.financialpolicy.org /IMFDemocracy/031704afp2.htm   (531 words)

  
 Rodrigo Rato set to be new IMF chief
Former Spanish Finance Minister Rodrigo Rato is almost certain to take over as the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund after the United States backed his candidature for the top job.
American backing for Rato is believed to reflect the fact that Spain participated in the US-led Iraq war while Germany and France opposed it strenuously.
Rato's name was proposed by IMF alternative executive director O'Loghlin, representing Canada, Ireland, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St Kitt's and Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines.
inhome.rediff.com /money/2004/apr/23imf.htm   (315 words)

  
 Transcript of Press Conference by Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato with First Deputy Managing Director Anne O. Krueger ...
DE RATO: Well, our prediction for Brazil, you are right, is a small reduction from last year's growth, taking into account what we see as a reduction in the world economy and also in the area.
DE RATO: Well, first of all, we have contributed to the analysis of all the different proposals to increase the financing of development, and that will be part of the discussions both in the IMFC and also in the Development Committee on Saturday and Sunday.
DE RATO: In the last Article IV consultation, we have been advising Spain to balance their growth pattern, and that is, of course, to increase its competitiveness.
www.imf.org /external/np/tr/2005/tr050414.htm   (5335 words)

  
 The Charley Project: John Steven Rato   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Rato has a fl-colored mole on his left cheek near his mouth.
Rato had a moustache at the time of his 1999 disappearance.
Rato was a newlywed and resided with his wife in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
www.charleyproject.org /cases/r/rato_john.html   (202 words)

  
 IBLNEWS : Rodrigo Rato anuncia una nueva bajada de impuestos
Rodrigo Rato manifestó que conoce bien al PP y aseguró que "no hay ningún tipo de nervios en estos momentos".
En referencia al nuevo líder del partido, Mariano Rajoy, Rato dijo de él que "es un líder respetado y querido" y manifestó su confianza —también en nombre de sus compañeros— en que el PP "ganará con Rajoy las elecciones y que será un gran gobernante".
Rato explicó esta subida argumentando que puede deberse a "que suba la inflación o aumente la actividad en Europa", pero en ningún caso —precisó— subirán como antes.
iblnews.com /noticias/11/93408.html   (494 words)

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