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4 Oct 24
Gulf nations face calls from the International Monetary Fund to protect their economies by accelerating non-oil reform, cutting energy subsidies and attracting foreign investment.
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4 Oct 24
The International Monetary Fund has called for a “strategic pivot” in global fiscal policy to forestall an unsustainable trajectory of debt as governments come under growing pressure to ramp up...
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21 Jun 24
Technology has benefits but social safety nets and education investment needed to mitigate impact
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24 May 24
Lebanon’s outlook is “highly uncertain” as lethargy over economic reforms exert a heavy toll on the country’s population.
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16 May 24
Sub-Sahara nations making progress on deficits and development
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2 May 24
Regional instability is disaster for 17 million people and economy, mission warns
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22 Apr 24
Despite boosting its outlook on the global economy slightly, the International Monetary Fund warned there is no room for complacency among the world’s policymakers at its annual spring meeting with...
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5 Mar 24
Adopting reforms to reduce Iraq’s reliance on oil revenue and improving financial management will be key to prevent debt rising, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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23 Feb 24
Ukraine’s strong performance on economic reforms despite the ongoing war has prompted the International Monetary to move towards releasing $880m of concessional support.
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20 Feb 24
Concessional loan support will finance projects to improve resilience against climate change such as those that reduce vulnerability to flooding and coastal erosion, the International Monetary Fund...
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13 Feb 24
Cutting expensive fuel subsidies and efforts to reform its tax system show the Nigerian government is starting to tackle the economy's “deep-rooted” structural issues, the International Monetary Fund...
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6 Feb 24
IMF calls for social housing and ‘cleanup’ of distressed developers
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22 Jan 24
Ghana will receive $600m (£470m) of concessional loan support from the International Monetary Fund after the nation reached a preliminary agreement to restructure billions of dollars of debt.
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16 Jan 24
Artificial intelligence is likely to widen existing income inequality and will require comprehensive action from policymakers to protect the most vulnerable, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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12 Jan 24
The new Argentinian government’s promise to deliver economic reforms has led the International Monetary Fund to move towards releasing $4.7bn of concessional finance.
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15 Dec 23
A track record of sound economic management and measures to help reduce poverty in Somalia have prompted the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to approve $4.5bn of debt relief.
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12 Dec 23
Concessional finance will support Togo’s public spending and help maintain progress on economic reforms to increase government revenues, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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4 Dec 23
Conflict will add to economic pressures as well as political instability.
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9 Nov 23
Raising contribution rates from member nations would reduce the International Monetary Fund’s need to borrow, the fund has said while proposing an extra 50%.
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31 Oct 23
New deal dependent on public sector improvements and reduced inequalities.
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13 Oct 23
Debt restructuring takes time but the trend is that the G20’s common framework is yielding faster results, the IMF’s managing director has said when defending the programme from criticism.
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10 Oct 23
Persistent inflation and the impacts of high interest rates are set to slow growth next year as the global economy continues “limping”, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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10 Oct 23
Progress on the majority of reforms linked to a $3bn financing agreement should see the IMF release the second tranche of funding, analysts have said.
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29 Sep 23
Morocco is set to receive a $1.3bn loan from the International Monetary Fund to help resilience against climate change and natural disasters, just weeks after it was hit by a devastating earthquake.
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28 Sep 23
Slow progress on reforms aimed at delivering financial stability in Sri Lanka has prompted the International Monetary to withhold the second tranche of a $3bn bailout.