No Sign Yet Of Joint BRICS IMF Candidate

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><root available-locales="en_US," default-locale="en_US"><static-content language-id="en_US"><![CDATA[<p>There has been no sign yet of a joint candidate from the developing countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to head the International Monetary Fund, a government source told Reuters on Friday.<br><br>The official, who declined to be named, said French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde will visit India on June 7, as part of a trip to China and Brazil also to drum support for her candidacy to head the IMF.<br><br>India is talking with other emerging countries to build support behind a common candidate from the developing world, with Mexico's central bank chief a possibility, two government sources said last week.<br><br>(Reuters)<br><br></p>