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IMF stresses urgency of reforms in Lebanon to restore economic stability
Mon, Oct 28, 2019
"We`re studying it, we need to see not only what is in the package but also the timeline of the package for a country like Lebanon that has such high level of debt over GDP (gross domestic product) and high levels of twin deficits," Jihad Azour, director of the IMF`s Middle East and Central Asia Department told Reuters.
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IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings 2019: FM Sitharaman says trade wars, protectionism have generated uncertainties
Sat, Oct 19, 2019
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman called for ‘concerted action’ to mitigate the disruption on account of synchronous slowdown and to invoke the spirit of multilateralism for global growth.
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IMF sidesteps clash with US over funding, delays shareholding changes to 2023
Sat, Oct 19, 2019
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva announced the decision at the Fund`s and World Bank`s annual meetings, saying that the initiative will provide confidence that the IMF can adequately support member countries as they deal with slowing global growth.
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IMF to ship $5.4 billion in cash to Argentina under standby credit deal
Sat, Jul 13, 2019
The International Monetary Fund board said on Friday it would ship $5.4 billion (£4.3 billion) in cash to Argentina after approving a fourth review of a standby credit deal with the crisis-stricken South American nation.
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Warning! What IMF MD Christine Lagarde has to say on technology giants using big data and AI and impact on financial system
Sat, Jun 08, 2019
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned on Saturday that the increasing presence of technology giants using big data and artificial intelligence could cause a significant disruption to the world`s financial system.
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Trade war, tariffs pose risks to U.S. and global growth: IMF, Fed officials
Thu, Jun 06, 2019
Officials of the U.S. Federal Reserve and International Monetary Fund separately warned on Thursday that global trade tensions and rising tariffs posed an increasing risk to decades of U.S. expansion, as well as to the global economy.
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Global finance officials say risks to growth skewed to downside
Sun, Apr 14, 2019
Global financial officials on Saturday said risks to worldwide economic growth were "tilted to the downside" due to factors such as trade tensions, policy uncertainty and the sudden tightening of financial conditions.
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India one of world's fastest growing large economies, carried out several key reforms in last 5 years: IMF
Fri, Mar 22, 2019
India has been one of the fastest growing large economies in the world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said, asserting that the country has carried out several key reforms in the last five years, but more needs to be done.
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World leaders discuss future of global economy at Dubai summit
Mon, Feb 11, 2019
The World Government Summit in Dubai, attended by more than 4,000 delegates from 140 countries representing the business, cultural and political sectors, featured speeches and discussions on peace, development and the present and future of the global economy.
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IMF's Christine Lagarde says oil exporters have not fully recovered from oil shock, cautions against 'white elephant projects'
Sat, Feb 09, 2019
Oil exporters have not fully recovered from the dramatic oil price shock of 2014, the head of the IMF said on Saturday, and she cautioned against spending money on "white elephant projects".
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India's economy gets big thumbs up from these 3 international organisations
Tue, Jan 22, 2019
Three international organisations have endorsed India`s growth story recognising it as the world's fastest growing major economy for this and the next three years and in two reports raised some of their earlier projections.
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IMF lowers global growth rate projections for 2019 to 3.5%; This is why
Mon, Jan 21, 2019
According to the report, the main shared policy priority is for countries to resolve cooperatively and quickly their trade disagreements and the resulting policy uncertainty, rather than raising harmful barriers further and destabilising an already slowing global economy.
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IMF: No-deal Brexit is biggest risk to Britain's economy
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
An exit by Britain from the European Union without a framework agreement to preserve some economic integration is the biggest near-term risk to the British economy, an International Monetary Fund spokesman said on Thursday.
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Indian-American Gita Gopinath joins IMF as its first female chief economist - Top things to know about her
Tue, Jan 08, 2019
Prominent Indian-American economist Gita Gopinath has joined as the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, becoming the first woman to occupy the top post at the global lender.
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