NEWS
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IMF Press Briefing Argentina/ Sudan
The IMF continues to engage with the Argentine authorities actively and constructively over an IMF-supported program that can help Argentina overcome its important social and economic challenges. ...
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IMF Myanmar
The IMF expects the military to disburse recently provided funds to the government according to the guidelines previously agreed upon for humanitarian and Covid-relief, Fund spokesman Gerry Rice...
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IMF / Fiscal Monitor January 2021 Forecast
Government spending support of $14 trillion has contributed to saving lives and livelihoods and has mitigated the effects of the pandemic on consumption and output, the IMF said in its Fiscal...
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IMF / Global Financial Stability Report January 2021 Release
The IMF said the approval and rollout of vaccines has boosted expectations of a global recovery and lifted risk asset prices, despite rising COVID-19 cases and persistent uncertainties surrounding...
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IMF / Global Financial Stability Report January 2021 Forecast
The Global Financial Stability Report’s January forecast stated that the approval and rollout of vaccines have boosted expectations of a global recovery and lifted risk asset prices, despite...
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IMF World Economic Outlook Update
Global growth is getting an upgrade, but prospects for recovery are still highly uncertain due to the race between rolling out vaccines and mutations to COVID-19 the IMF says in its latest...
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IMF / World Economic Outlook January 2021 Forecast
The World Economic Outlook’s latest forecast projects global growth for 2021 at 5.5 percent, 0.3 percentage point higher than the report’s October forecast, moderating to 4.2 percent in 2022. The...
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IMF / IMF Managing Director 2021 Outlook and Priorities
“We are still faced with tremendous uncertainties” said IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in her first media appearance in 2021 as she addressed the exit from the COVID-19 health crisis,...
PRESS BRIEFINGS
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IMF Press Briefing Argentina/ Sudan
The IMF continues to engage with the Argentine authorities actively and constructively over an IMF-supported program that can help Argentina overcome its important social and economic challenges. ...
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IMF / World Economic Outlook January 2021 Forecast
The World Economic Outlook’s latest forecast projects global growth for 2021 at 5.5 percent, 0.3 percentage point higher than the report’s October forecast, moderating to 4.2 percent in 2022. The...
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IMF 2021 Update/ Vaccine Rollout/Argentina
The IMF will remain committed to help members secure a durable exit from the COVID-19 crisis, minimize its long-term scarring, and build forward a stronger, fairer, and greener economy spokesman...
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IMF Argentina/ Mozambique/ US
The IMF announced today (December 3rd, 2020) in a press briefing that a small team from the Argentine Economy Ministry is planning a visit to Washington this week and that the discussions between...
ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS
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IMF / Western Hemisphere Regional Economic Outlook Press Briefing
COVID-19 has hit Latin America and the Caribbean harder than other parts of the world, both in human and economic terms, the IMF reported on Thursday (Oct.22) in Washington, DC. The IMF forecasts...
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IMF / Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook Report Press Briefing
Sub-Sahara Africa is headed for its worst economic decline on record, the IMF reported Thursday (Oct. 22) in Washington, DC. The IMF forecasts a 3 percent decline in sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP in...
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IMF / European Regional Economic Outlook Press Briefing
The IMF’s economic outlook for Europe forecasts a 7% decline in Europe's GDP in 2020 and an uneven and partial recovery from this crisis as the second wave of infection intensifies, announced...
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IMF Asia Economic Outlook
The IMF is predicting the worst economic decline in Asia in generations due to Covid-19 and warning that rising inequality could lead to social unrest in the newly released Asia Pacific Regional...
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IMF / New Economy Forum: The Great Lockdown and Jobs: Who is Shut Out?
Women and youth are facing the hardest impact from the Covid-19 crisis, but there are ways to target support directly to them officials from the IMF and Vodafone explained Tuesday (October 20th)...
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IMF / Cross-Border Payments—A Vision for the Future
Central bank digital currencies backed by digitalization and technology could replace traditional cash in cross-border payments in some economies but with proper safeguards, said the IMF in...
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IMF / Middle East and Central Asia Press Briefing
Jihad Azour, Director of Middle East and Central Asia Department, at the IMF announced the release of Middle East and Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook on Monday Oct. 19. He said that in 2020...
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IMF / Principality of Andorra becomes IMF’s 190th Member
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...
FEATURES
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IMF Press Briefing Argentina/ Sudan
The IMF continues to engage with the Argentine authorities actively and constructively over an IMF-supported program that can help Argentina overcome its important social and economic challenges. ...
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IMF Myanmar
The IMF expects the military to disburse recently provided funds to the government according to the guidelines previously agreed upon for humanitarian and Covid-relief, Fund spokesman Gerry Rice...
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IMF / Global Financial Stability Report January 2021 Forecast
The Global Financial Stability Report’s January forecast stated that the approval and rollout of vaccines have boosted expectations of a global recovery and lifted risk asset prices, despite...
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IMF World Economic Outlook Update
Global growth is getting an upgrade, but prospects for recovery are still highly uncertain due to the race between rolling out vaccines and mutations to COVID-19 the IMF says in its latest...
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