NEWS
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IMF Coronavirus / Argentina / Nigeria
Countries need to maintain supportive spending on their economies to avoid the worst costs of coronavirus strain COVID-19, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters Thursday in Washington, DC....
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IMF Global Financial Stability Report
Easing monetary and financial conditions have supported markets and investors, but a rise in leverage and debt is a risk to stability, the IMF’s Financial Counselor Tobias Adrian said Thursday...
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IMF WEO Global Growth Forecast
The International Monetary Fund is downgrading global growth significantly in its latest update to the World Economic Outlook forecast, with the COVID-19 pandemic setting the world economy back by...
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IMF WEO Update Key Messages
The International Monetary Fund is downgrading global growth significantly in its latest update to the World Economic Outlook forecast to be released Wednesday (0900 ET / 1300 GMT June 24), IMF...
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IMF Briefing on COVID-19 emergency lending, Lebanon, Zambia, and Cameroon
The IMF continues to move at a record speed in trying to support and help its member countries deal with the COVID-19 crisis. The Spokesperson Gerry Rice told reporters during the bi-weekly...
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IMF Georgieva Coronavirus Recovery
The world needs to make positive changes and set the path for sustainable recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday....
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IMF Africa / India / ECB / Trade
The IMF is working at an “unprecedented” pace to provide emergency support financing to the global economy with a particular focus on Africa, spokesman Gerry Rice said Thursday (June 4) in...
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IMF Argentina / Egypt / Lebanon
The IMF supports ongoing dialog between Argentina and its creditors as that country deals with its debt burden, spokesman Gerry Rice said in a virtual news briefing Thursday in Washington, DC....
PRESS BRIEFINGS
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IMF Coronavirus / Argentina / Nigeria
Countries need to maintain supportive spending on their economies to avoid the worst costs of coronavirus strain COVID-19, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters Thursday in Washington, DC....
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IMF Global Financial Stability Report
Easing monetary and financial conditions have supported markets and investors, but a rise in leverage and debt is a risk to stability, the IMF’s Financial Counselor Tobias Adrian said Thursday...
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IMF WEO Global Growth Forecast
The International Monetary Fund is downgrading global growth significantly in its latest update to the World Economic Outlook forecast, with the COVID-19 pandemic setting the world economy back by...
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IMF Briefing on COVID-19 emergency lending, Lebanon, Zambia, and Cameroon
The IMF continues to move at a record speed in trying to support and help its member countries deal with the COVID-19 crisis. The Spokesperson Gerry Rice told reporters during the bi-weekly...
ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS
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IMF Spring Meetings Georgieva Press Conference
IMF urges countries to spend all they can during Coronavirus pandemic The IMF is laying out a plan for countries to follow as a roadmap to recovery. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva...
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IMF Global Financial Stability Report
IMF: Pandemic dramatically impacts the financial system The IMF sees financial markets heavily impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, the Fund’s Financial Counsellor Tobias Adrian said at the press...
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IMFC PRESSER
The world’s financial leaders vowed to work together to counter what the International Monetary Fund has called a “synchronized slowdown” of global economic growth. The IMC’s policymaking body met...
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IMF FAMILY PHOTO IMFC
The International Monetary and Financial Committee gathers in Washington for the IMF’s Annual Meetings. Leaders are looking to boost cooperation and communication to move the global economy away...
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IMF PLENARY
At the open of the 2019 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva urged policymakers to resolve trade tensions, promote...
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IMF: ASIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWDOWN
Asia faces a significant growth slowdown, with forecasts for 2019 and 2020 calling for the “slowest growth pace after the global financial crisis,” according to the International Monetary Fund....
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IMF G20 Family Photo
The finance ministers and central bankers of the G20 gathered for a meeting held at the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, DC. The officials met before a dinner assembled by...
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IMF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Experts gathered at the International Monetary Fund on Thursday for a discussion titled “Sustainable Development Goals: Making It Happen.” A panel of finance, development and thought leaders...
FEATURES
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IMF WEO Update Key Messages
The International Monetary Fund is downgrading global growth significantly in its latest update to the World Economic Outlook forecast to be released Wednesday (0900 ET / 1300 GMT June 24), IMF...
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IMF: Mobilizing with Africa
IMF urges to mobilize funds for Africa in fight against pandemic At today’s “Mobilizing with Africa” event, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the IMF, underscored the need to help African...
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IMF US Coronavirus
The IMF supports fiscal and monetary action taken so far by the US government to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told reporters in a virtual news conference...
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IMF announces debt relief for Somalia
On Wednesday, March 25, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the IMF, thanked the leaders of Somalia for their sustained reform effort and congratulated the country on reaching the decision...
ABOUT THE IMF
Created in 1945, the IMF is governed by and accountable to the 189 countries that make up its near-global membership.