Austerity versus growth version 3.0 at G20/IMF

(Reuters) - World policymakers gather in Washington later this week to ponder how to sustain economic recovery at a time when the United States is about to turn off its money taps.

Australians to go to the polls on Sept. 7

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called an election for Sept. 7 and said Sunday that it will be fought over who can be trusted to manage the Australian economy as it transitions from a decade-old mining boom fed by Chinese industrial demand that is now fading.

Can European credit markets break the range?

LONDON: Does anybody have even the faintest idea where European credit markets are going next? Answers on a postcard please.

Larger EU firewall needed before more IMF funds: US

WASHINGTON: Europe must build a "credible" firewall to contain the financial crisis before the United States and other countries agree to boost IMF intervention resources, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Friday.