Christine Lagarde’s Uncharted Asian Territory

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Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Christine Lagarde’s Asia charmoffensive ended on a rather discordant note.

The head of the International Monetary Fund cut short herAsia trip to attend the umpteenth meeting of euro-area financeministers on Greece. It was a stark reminder that with the Westeither in recession or political paralysis, the IMF is givingshort shrift to Asia, a place that could use more face time withthe woman in charge of the world’s economic rescue squad.