Under Christine Lagardes stewardship the IMF is continuing to indulge the eurozones banks while the funds donor countries seethe . For some time, International Monetary Fund supremo Christine Lagarde has argued that a stronger global firewall is needed, to contain any future financial crises. Well, at this weekends IMF-World Bank meetings in Washington, she announced there are now firm commitments from member states to boost the IMFs lending power.