The IMF announced a 4% pick up in the Middle East and North Africa region’s real GDP forecast and a 3.7% rise in the Caucasus and Central Asia’s in 2021 on Sunday (April 11th) in…
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The IMF released today (Wednesday, April 7th) the latest update of its Fiscal Monitor report which stated that in the first year of COVID-19, fiscal policy has reacted quickly and forcefully to the health emergency.…
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The global economy is recovering from the crisis faster than expected last October, thanks to an unprecedented policy response and rapid progress in vaccine development, announced IMFC Chair Minister Magdalena Andersson in her first IMFC…
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The global economy may be recovering, but there are significant challenges and it is not time to ease up on support, several key policy-makers said at the Spring Meetings of the IMF in Washington, DC…
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As the world emerges from COVID-19, there is renewed impetus to tackle climate change. Ahead of COP26, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva joined U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry to discuss how to turn climate ambitions into action while creating…
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High-income countries may emerge from the COVID-19 crisis with very little scarring, while the developing countries’ economic outlook, particularly the poor of them, looks much worse. That’s what the IMF sees in its latest research.…
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The global economy is growing strongly out of the pandemic, but there remains “danger” and uncertainty to the outlook the head of the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday (March 30) In a speech to the…
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In Washington, DC the flowers are beginning to bloom and people are back on the streets as the 2021 World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings are set to begin. With Covid-19 vaccinations building speed there…
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The Ambassador of Andorra, Elisenda Vives Balmaña, visited the IMF headquarters on Friday (October 16) to sign the IMF’s Articles of Agreement of the Principality of Andorra joining the International Monetary Fund as its 190th…
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With the world economy hit by the biggest shock in the postwar era, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, Sri Mulyani, Finance Minister to Indonesia, and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,…
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