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3 Feb 22
El Salvador has rejected calls by the IMF to halt plans to use Bitcoin as legal tender.
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3 Feb 22
Pakistan will receive $1bn from a previously-stalled bailout package after the International Monetary Fund’s executive board agreed it had made sufficient progress on policy reforms.
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31 Jan 22
Argentina has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to restructure the outstanding debt from a 2018 bailout.
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28 Jan 22
Japan will need to increase tax revenue to contend with major challenges such as its huge public debt and ageing population according to International Monetary Fund economists.
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23 Dec 21
The International Monetary Fund’s $57bn agreement with Argentina failed to deal with the country’s structural problems, an internal investigation has found.
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20 Dec 21
The International Monetary Fund office in Brazil will close next year after the country’s finance minister criticised the fund for making “wrong predictions” about the economy.
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6 Dec 21
Emerging nations seeking to restructure domestic debt will need to carefully consider the impact on their economies, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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24 Nov 21
The International Monetary Fund has released a delayed $700m disbursement to Ukraine amid concerns of increased Russian military activity.
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8 Nov 21
Eliminating tax avoidance in sub-Saharan Africa’s mining sector would leave the region better able to support its population, particularly into the economic recovery from Covid-19, a top...
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19 Oct 21
Rich nations are being urged to channel their share of a recent liquidity boost from the International Monetary Fund to more vulnerable countries.
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14 Oct 21
The International Monetary Fund has called for policymakers to be “vigilant” in the face of inflationary risk, and for them to be ready to tighten monetary policy faster than expected.
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12 Oct 21
Kristalina Georgieva has the “full confidence” of the International Monetary Fund’s executive board despite an investigation alleging she worked to artificially improve influential data in China’s...
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28 Sep 21
A data scandal involving International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva threatens the credibility of the Bretton Woods system, according to US senators.
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21 Sep 21
A group of Lebanon’s international creditors has called for the new government to begin the debt restructuring process swiftly and to start talks with the International Monetary Fund.
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13 Sep 21
The new Lebanese prime minister Najib Mikati has warned that “hard work” is required to implement reforms before the crisis-hit country can finance its recovery.
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6 Sep 21
Angola is at risk of defaulting on its debts after International Monetary Fund support tails off, ratings agency Fitch warned as it affirmed the government’s junk status.
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24 Aug 21
The largest ever allocation of the International Monetary Fund’s Special Drawing Rights has come into effect, effectively boosting member governments’ reserves to increase liquidity during the...
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3 Aug 21
One month before El Salvador formally adopts Bitcoin as legal tender, the International Monetary Fund has published a warning that cryptocurrencies are “too volatile and unrelated to the real economy...
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30 Jul 21
New Lebanese prime minister Najib Mikati said this week that only a unified approach will help the nation recover from one of the greatest crises in modern history.
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23 Jul 21
The International Monetary Fund has approved a 45% increase on normal limits of financing for lower income nations, to help with the Covid-19 recoveries.
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9 Jul 21
The International Monetary Fund's record $650bn liquidity stimulus in response to Covid-19 is expected to be operational by the end of August.
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29 Jun 21
Uganda is to receive $1bn from the International Monetary Fund to help its economy as it struggles with the impact of Covid-19.
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23 Jun 21
Argentina has reached an agreement with debtors to defer the majority of a $2.4bn loan repayment for nine months to avoid another default.
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25 May 21
Covid-19 has led the International Monetary Fund to update its approach to giving policy advice to governments as they navigate the recovery, recognising the challenges the pandemic has created.
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20 May 21
Covid-19 threatens decades of progress by African countries on towards becoming advanced economies, and world finance leaders have been warned the continent needs huge investment in the coming years.