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11 Nov 16
Argentina is once again able to report inflation data to the International Monetary Fund after regaining the institution’s trust on the quality of its official statistics.
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11 Nov 16
The instability triggered by the Arab Spring has cost countries in the region $613.8bn since 2011 and a fiscal shortfall $217.9bn greater than pre-crisis projections, the United Nations has found.
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10 Nov 16
Public finances across the EU are set to continue improving in the coming years, the European Commission has predicted, despite another cut to growth forecasts.
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9 Nov 16
The International Monetary Fund has approved $178.7m for Moldova and extended credit facilities to support the country’s economic and financial reform programme.
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9 Nov 16
The Republican candidate Donald Trump has won a surprise victory in this year’s US presidential race, pledging unity and increased government infrastructure spending in his victory speech.
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8 Nov 16
Spain’s new council of ministers will work for job creation reforms and budget stability, it has said after its first meeting.
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8 Nov 16
The World Bank has welcomed economic and social reforms in Egypt, which it said would help to create jobs and revitalise the country’s economy.
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7 Nov 16
The Turkish lira’s value plummeted to record lows on Friday amid a renewed crackdown on the country’s main pro-Kurdish party.
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4 Nov 16
Sudan has raised fuel prices by around 30% as a severe shortage of foreign currency adds to a growing economic crisis in the country.
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3 Nov 16
The African Development Bank has approved a $600m loan in a bid to plug Nigeria’s gaping $7bn budget deficit.
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2 Nov 16
The global economy is to grow at its slowest annual rate in 2016 since the recession in 2009, according to the UK’s National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
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31 Oct 16
South Africa’s chief prosecutor has dropped fraud charges against the country’s finance minister Pravin Gordhan.
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26 Oct 16
Indonesia can expect GDP growth of 5.1% this year, thanks in part to its improved fiscal management, the World Bank has said.
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14 Oct 16
Natural disasters pose the greatest risk to cities in an increasingly urbanised world, and could cost $314bn worldwide each year by 2030, the World Bank has warned.
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11 Oct 16
Integrated reporting has a key role to play in Malaysia’s economic transformation, the country’s deputy trade minister has said.
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11 Oct 16
Greece is set to receive €2.8bn ($3.1bn) from its European creditors after the country passed a number of required reforms relating to pensions, the energy sector and the privatisation of state...
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10 Oct 16
The International Monetary Fund has slashed its budget deficit projections for oil-exporting countries in the Middle East and North Africa over the next five years, by over $230bn.
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10 Oct 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has outlined the policies she believes are needed to foster inclusive growth as the world enters a new, digital age.
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10 Oct 16
The global monetary system is ill-equipped to handle today’s key challenges, a panel of Asian economists has warned.
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7 Oct 16
Asia remains the brightest spot in the world economy but must tread with caution as various risks threaten to throw it off course, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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7 Oct 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has launched another attack on the “economic malpractice” of protectionism amid growing fears of a worldwide backlash against...
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6 Oct 16
The world’s “unprecedented” and “unsustainable” $152tn debt mountain must be urgently tackled before it triggers another, deeper global economic crisis, the International Monetary Fund has stressed.
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4 Oct 16
The global economy’s growth deficiency is set to prevail in the long term, despite an uptick in emerging and developing economies, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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3 Oct 16
High rates of inequality could stifle progress toward ending extreme poverty by 2030, the World Bank has warned.
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30 Sep 16
The International Monetary Fund has completed its first health check of the Argentinean economy in a decade, marking an end to years of distrust between Argentina and the fund.