credit no caption International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde gestures as she talks with Cyprus’ president Dimitris Christofias, unseen, during their meeting at the presidential palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Lagarde is in Cyprus for an informal European economic and financial affairs council. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde gestures as she talks with Cyprus’ president Dimitris Christofias, unseen, during their meeting at the presidential palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Lagarde is in Cyprus for an informal European economic and financial affairs council. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks during a news conference in the International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington on Saturday, April, 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks during a news conference in the International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington on Saturday, April, 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
** FILE ** International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks at the Associated Press Annual Meeting in Washington, Tuesday, April, 3, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
** FILE ** International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks at the Associated Press Annual Meeting in Washington, Tuesday, April, 3, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, on Thursday called for a worldwide safety net similar to the reserve fund that European institutions have created to bail out debt-ridden members. (Associated Press)
Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, speaks at the annual meeting of the Associated Press in Washington on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde, left, talks with Tunisian Finance Minister Jelloul Ayed during the group photo at the Deauville partnership meeting in Marseille, southern France, Saturday, Sept.10, 2011. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
