World bank is going bust BP 6.4B in months

THE world’s bank — the International Monetary Fund — is going BUST and must be bailed out, Gordon Brown warned last night.

The IMF has only got £150billion left, it emerged — with dozens of countries queuing up for major handouts to keep afloat.

The PM urged cash-rich China and oil sheikhs to give hundreds of billions so the IMF can keep giving out funds — and stop it going bust.

Mr Brown said: “This may not be enough. It is becoming increasingly clear to me we cannot delay and we now need substantial additional resources in addition to the $250billion the IMF already has available.

“The big surplus countries — those that have got big reserves — are in a position to help most and we will be urging them to do so.”

The IMF’s role is to help countries stave off bankruptcy. It handed over £16.5billion to Ukraine this week and Hungary is also desperate for funds.

Dozens of others — especially in eastern Europe — will need big bailouts because of the global slump.

World leaders fear a Russian takeover move unless they are able to survive. China is cash-rich, having spent ten years banking profits in a special fund rather than investing them abroad.

Oil-rich countries in the Gulf are also able to plough funds into the IMF. The UK supplies five per cent of IMF cash, compared with China’s 3.7 per cent. More

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