IMF appears to favor the socialist in French elections-BBC Economics editor

.
4/23/12, "Global shares fall as anxiety returns," BBC

"Stock markets have fallen after weak manufacturing data and political uncertainty in France and the Netherlands hit investor confidence....

""If you had read everything that the IMF had produced recently on the subject of deficits and growth, you might well conclude that the Fund is rooting for the socialist - at least when it comes to short-term policies ”" Stephanie Flanders, BBC Economics editor

.