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WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) – Europe came under pressure

on Saturday from other world powers to do more to fix its

debt-heavy economy, which still threatens to undermine a fragile

global recovery.

The International Monetary Fund’s governing panel said the

euro zone needed to take further steps to get its debt under

control, ensure the stability of its banking system and carry

out “bold structural reforms” to return to growth.

The statement by the panel did not mention any other

developed economies by name. It said advanced economies

generally needed to tighten their budgets but not excessively.

The panel met a day after leading economies agreed to

bolster the IMF’s coffers to help contain the euro zone

sovereign debt crisis.