NEWS
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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...
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IMF / Euro Area 2020 Article IV Consultation
The IMF announced that the COVID-19 pandemic is leading to severe socio-economic dislocations and hardship despite an unprecedented policy response in the Euro Area on Monday Nov. 30. The...
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IMF / Tobias Adrian at IMF Policy Dialogue: New Policy Frameworks for a "Lower-for-Longer" World
The challenges associated with COVID-19 have called for exceptional policy responses said IMF’s Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department as...
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IMF / IMF Policy Dialogue: New Policy Frameworks for a "Lower-for-Longer" World
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing an unprecedented global economic contraction, leading many central banks to reduce interest rates to historically low levels and to rely more heavily on...
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IMF / Kristalina Georgieva Remarks at Paris Peace Forum
The world needs to focus on how to build a greener and more inclusive world after the COVID-19 crisis, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told world leaders at the 2020 Paris Peace Forum...
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IMF / Financing the COVID-19 Response and Resilient Recovery
“This is a crisis like no other,” said Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director, in a conversation on global economic prospects and the COVID-19 response and recovery with Center for Global...
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IMF / United Kingdom Article IV Press Conference
IMF advised UK government to continue to spend to safeguard firms and jobs in a press conference attended by Rishi Sunak, UK Chancellor, and Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director held on...
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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...
PRESS BRIEFINGS
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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...
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IMF / Euro Area 2020 Article IV Consultation
The IMF announced that the COVID-19 pandemic is leading to severe socio-economic dislocations and hardship despite an unprecedented policy response in the Euro Area on Monday Nov. 30. The...
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IMF / Tobias Adrian at IMF Policy Dialogue: New Policy Frameworks for a "Lower-for-Longer" World
The challenges associated with COVID-19 have called for exceptional policy responses said IMF’s Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department as...
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IMF / IMF Policy Dialogue: New Policy Frameworks for a "Lower-for-Longer" World
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing an unprecedented global economic contraction, leading many central banks to reduce interest rates to historically low levels and to rely more heavily on...
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 / World Economic Outlook
The International Monetary Fund is projecting a deep recession in 2020 with global growth projected to be -4.4% in its latest update to the World Economic Outlook forecast to be released Tuesday,...
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IMF Global Economy/ China/ Argentina/ Lebanon
The global economy is beginning to turn a corner and the outlook looks less dire than expected, but “we are not out of the woods” said IMF spokesman Gerry Rice in a virtual news briefing Thursday...
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IMF Corruption / Argentina / India / Ukraine
India has been heavily impacted by COVID-19, but has room to spend more money to help support the economy and provide a safety net to small business’ and vulnerable parts of society IMF Spokesman...
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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...
ABOUT THE IMF
Created in 1945, the IMF is governed by and accountable to the 190 countries that make up its near-global membership.