David Lipton

EghtesadOnline: Since 2008, when the upheaval of the financial crisis descended on global markets, the International Monetary fund, among other global institutions, scrambled to help governments avert a more disastrous outcome–and as the IMF's second-in-command, David Lipton puts it, to avoid another much-feared Great Depression.

EghtesadOnline: International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton welcomed the Bank of Japan's new policy framework as a boost to its credibility, but called for more vigorous fiscal and structural policies to reflate a fragile economic recovery.

EghtesadOnline: David Lipton, one of the International Monetary Fund’s highest ranked officials, has warned China that it needs to initiate “serious reforms” in order to address the country’s corporate debt if it wants a smooth transition from a manufacturing to a consumer based economy.