International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) and Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar (L) address a press conference in Lahore on June 30, 2023. Photo: AFP
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13 July 2023
IMF board approves $3 bn Pakistan deal
Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest on the 50th day of anti-government protests demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis, in Colombo on May 28, 2022. Photo: AFP
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29 May 2022
IMF says Sri Lanka aid contingent on debt...
The IMF said Thursday it is committed to helping crisis-battered Sri Lanka, but any aid...
The seal of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is seen outside of a headquarters building in Washington, DC on April 7, 2021. Raising taxes on wealthy firms that have done well during the pandemic is increasingly viewed as a source of revenue to finance pandemic recovery efforts, an idea pushed Wednesday by the IMF and the US. Photo: AFP
News
25 February 2022
IMF, World Bank chiefs warn of global impacts...
The leaders of the World Bank and IMF signaled Thursday they were ready to help Ukraine,...
The International Monetary Fund has warned of spillovers from a funding crisis battering China's big property developers. Photo: AFP
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29 January 2022
IMF warns China's property stress poses...
A funding crisis battering China's big property developers could start to shake the wider...
The IMF called for urgent action to ease debt loads in poor nations and prevent "economic collapse" (AFP/SAUL LOEB)
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05 December 2021
IMF warns of 'economic collapse' unless...
The IMF on Thursday urged advanced economies in the G20 to extend and improve their debt...
IMF president Kristalina Georgieva sits before the opening session of the Summit on the Financing of African Economies on May 18, 2021 in Paris. Photo: AFP
Latest News
18 September 2021
IMF chief denies altering World Bank report to...
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday disputed an independent investigation which...
The seal of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is seen outside of a headquarters building in Washington, DC on April 7, 2021. Raising taxes on wealthy firms that have done well during the pandemic is increasingly viewed as a source of revenue to finance pandemic recovery efforts, an idea pushed Wednesday by the IMF and the US. Photo: AFP
Latest News
24 July 2021
IMF board approves big lending increase for...
The IMF board announced Thursday it had approved a massive increase in its ability to...
The logo of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the entrance of the Headquarters of the IMF. Photo: EPA
News
05 February 2021
IMF members states to decide recognition of new...
The International Monetary Fund will be “guided by our membership” in deciding whether to...
Member state of the World Trade Organization (WTO); dark green: member; light green: member of the EU and thus member; blue: observer; gray: no official Interaction with the WTO. Photo: Wikipedia
Business
06 January 2021
Science has delivered, will the WTO deliver?
A proposal by India, South Africa and eight other countries calls on the World Trade...
A promotional board for the virtual 2020 Annual Meetings is seen outside the International Monetary Fund at their headquarters in Washington, DC on October 13, 2020. Photo: AFP
Business
14 October 2020
IMF slashes India growth forecast, predicts...
India's economy will contract by a huge 10.3 percent this year because of the coronavirus...
An auto rickshaw drives beside U Pain Bridge as people walk on the bridge at Taungthaman lake in Mandalay, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
Business
08 August 2020
COVID-19 affects Myanmar’s key economic growth...
As Myanmar slowly begins to open up its local economy, it is clear that the economy’s key...
(File) The headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is seen as the IMF and World Bank hold their Spring Meetings virtually due to the outbreak of COVID-19, known as coronavirus, in Washington, DC, April 15, 2020. Photo: AFP
Business
11 July 2020
IMF takes stock of Myanmar’s economy and society...
Although officially recorded cases of COVID-19 in Myanmar remain low, the social and...
An exterior view of the building of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with the IMF logo in Washington, DC. Photo: AFP
News
04 July 2020
IMF approves a US$356.5 million disbursement to...
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a disbursement of...

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