Transcript of a Press Briefing with William Murray, Deputy Spokesman, Communications Department
Washington D.C
Thursday, May 28, 2015
QUESTIONER: Can you give us more details about the discussions that the MD is having with Secretary Lew on the phone, the last days on Greece of course, and on the G7 in the last hours?
MR. MURRAY: I don't have a read out on that conversation or any details on conversations. You know Secretary Lew and Managing Director are both in Dresden at the G7 meeting, so, and from what I can tell, Greece is a prominent topic at that meeting in Germany, but beyond that, I don't have anything to offer.
Well, can I take some questions from the screen, and I'll come back to you.
Okay, so let's go with some questions online here and I encourage other journalists to submit questions before we wrap up here. “Did the board, the executive board, take any final decision about Argentinian CPI and GDP statistics? They should have met about the issue around the end of May. Did they meet? Was there a conclusion?”
The executive board has not met yet on the report that the Managing Director submitted in April to the Executive Board on Argentina's inflation and other statistics. They will meet next week on June 3rd to discuss the Managing Director's report and I expect a press release to be issued following that board meeting. As far as what the report contains, what the outcome of the board meeting will be, I would just recommend you stay tuned with media relations. They will be in touch with you on June 3rd.
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