NEWS
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IMF / Special Drawing Rights, Afghanistan, Ukraine
The IMF’s $650 billion Special Drawing Rights allocation is a historic decision that’s seen as ‘a shot in the arm for the global economy’ at a time of unprecedented crisis, Fund spokesman Gerry...
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IMF Bahamas Digital Currency Bitcoin
The digital currency revolution is opening new opportunities, but regulators and the public need to manage new risks and threats IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday in...
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IMF World Economic Outlook
Global growth is strong, but divides are growing between advanced and developing countries largely due the slow rolling out vaccines in many countries and the spread of the Delta variant mutation...
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IMF / World Economic Outlook July 2021 Update
The global economy is growing but widening gaps between advanced economies and many emerging market and developing economies are a concern the International Monetary Fund said in its latest update...
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IMF China / Haiti / SDRs / Lebanon
The IMF pushed China to ramp up reforms aimed at boosting domestic demand, Fund spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters Thursday in Washington, DC (January 4). “The second quarter GDP data from China...
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IMF / United States 2021 Article IV Consultation Full MD Opening Remarks
The IMF announced today (Thursday, July 1st) that the United States economic growth is expected to be around 7 percent in 2021 and around 5 percent in 2022 in a press briefing led by the IMF’s...
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IMF Inflation / Argentina / Pakistan
The IMF reiterated that it views global inflationary pressure as “transitory,” but that there are risks that it may become more sticky spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters Thursday in Washington,...
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IMF / $50 Billion Proposal, Cameroon, and India
The IMF expressed its concern that the world is facing a two-track pandemic that is causing a two-track economic recovery with negative consequences for everybody in a press briefing held today...
PRESS BRIEFINGS
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IMF / Special Drawing Rights, Afghanistan, Ukraine
The IMF’s $650 billion Special Drawing Rights allocation is a historic decision that’s seen as ‘a shot in the arm for the global economy’ at a time of unprecedented crisis, Fund spokesman Gerry...
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IMF China / Haiti / SDRs / Lebanon
The IMF pushed China to ramp up reforms aimed at boosting domestic demand, Fund spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters Thursday in Washington, DC (January 4). “The second quarter GDP data from China...
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IMF Inflation / Argentina / Pakistan
The IMF reiterated that it views global inflationary pressure as “transitory,” but that there are risks that it may become more sticky spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters Thursday in Washington,...
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IMF / $50 Billion Proposal, Cameroon, and India
The IMF expressed its concern that the world is facing a two-track pandemic that is causing a two-track economic recovery with negative consequences for everybody in a press briefing held today...
ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS
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IMF / Western Hemisphere Regional Economic Outlook
Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean recovered briskly in the second half of 2020, yet still more slowly than the global economy and other emerging markets, the IMF announced yesterday...
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IMF / Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook
The sub-Saharan Africa region’s economic outlook will grow by 3.4 percent in 2021, up from 3.1 percent projected in October, and supported by improved exports and commodity prices, along with a...
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IMF European Economic Outlook
Europe’s economy is growing, but there is still need for continued support as vaccine rollout programs gain speed, the IMF says in the newly released European Regional Economic Outlook released...
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IMF / Middle East and Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook Spring Meetings 2021
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 Washington, DC....
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IMF Global Debate on the Economy
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,...
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IMF / IMFC Press Briefing Spring Meetings 2021
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...
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IMF / Kristalina Georgieva and John Kerry on Climate Change
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...
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IMF / Kristalina Georgieva Press Briefing Spring Meetings 2021
In her press briefing held today (Wednesday, April 7th) in Washington, DC, the IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that vaccinations and policy support were the reasons behind an...
FEATURES
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IMF Bahamas Digital Currency Bitcoin
The digital currency revolution is opening new opportunities, but regulators and the public need to manage new risks and threats IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday in...
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IMF World Economic Outlook
Global growth is strong, but divides are growing between advanced and developing countries largely due the slow rolling out vaccines in many countries and the spread of the Delta variant mutation...
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IMF / World Economic Outlook July 2021 Update
The global economy is growing but widening gaps between advanced economies and many emerging market and developing economies are a concern the International Monetary Fund said in its latest update...
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IMF China / Haiti / SDRs / Lebanon
The IMF pushed China to ramp up reforms aimed at boosting domestic demand, Fund spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters Thursday in Washington, DC (January 4). “The second quarter GDP data from China...
ABOUT THE IMF
Created in 1945, the IMF is governed by and accountable to the 190 countries that make up its near-global membership.