Viktor Orban Quotes

The Hungarian interest is that, if necessary, we should make loan agreements with the IMF on a regular basis.

The IMF acts on the mandate of the international community.

I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.

But such IMF pressure is very much helpful for me to push such a, you know, reform. So in this sense I think IMF is very much helpful for alien society.

By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF.

The IMF is set up to deal with liquidity crises.

If you want your country to be competitive in the 21st century economy, a big financial sector is fundamentally bad news.

Cooperation on the international level could help to solve the problem of sources of sharp capital flow volatility and its consequences.

Countries like Canada, Korea, China, Germany can and should use fiscal space. Some of them are doing it, not all.

What governments call international monetary cooperation is concerted action for the sake of credit expansion.

China is a BRIC country. BRIC country means Brazil, Russia, India and China. This emerging economy really is helping the revival of the world economy.

The good thing about the IMF is there is no European politics involved.

Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare.

And judging what is appropriate or not appropriate for a country, I think it is important in particular in judging what is the appropriate economic policy framework, one should take into account the overall political environment and the institutional framework within which economic policy operates.

I have spoken about deficits, and I think deficits are important because they address broad economic and financial stability. We need to talk about that.

The government is determined to continue the process of fiscal consolidation and structural reform in order to secure sound public finances and improve the country's international competitiveness.

Dealing with Greece's problems will be more difficult if Greece is not a member of the eurozone.

Korea's early repayment of the full amount of loans from the IMF is a major milestone.

The Europeans had made two promises to the United States if Marshall Plan help was forthcoming. The first promise was maximum self-help on the part of every country; and second, maximum mutual aid.

I mean, the world has already done a big, big effort to forget debt to countries heavily indebted and with low income. And that has given good chances to countries to get out of poverty.

The leaders of the world's largest economies agreed during the November 2008 G20 summit not to create barriers hindering global trade and capital flows. Russia shares these principles.

The realities of the modern global economy require government to play a substantial role in ensuring the national and economic security of the people.

In order to address world economic imbalances, countries around the world should make joint efforts to adjust their economic structure.

For a quarter-century, and changing only very recently, the main IMF prescription has been budgetary belt-tightening for patients much too poor to own belts. IMF led austerity has frequently resulted in riots, coups, and the collapse of public services.

The International Monetary Fund is the doctor to sick economies.