NEWS
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IMF / Argentina, Tunisia, and Sri Lanka
The IMF announced today (Feb. 10, 2022) in a virtual press briefing in Washington, DC that the IMF continues working very closely with the Argentine authorities towards reaching a staff-level...
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IMF World Economic Outlook
Global growth is getting a downgrade, as high inflation, and the impact of the omicron variant weigh on the forecast the IMF says in its latest quarterly update to the World Economic Outlook...
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IMF / World Economic Outlook January 2022 Forecast
Growth slows as economies grapple with supply disruptions, higher inflation, record debt and persistent uncertainty. Global growth is expected to moderate from 5.9 percent in 2021 to 4.4 percent...
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IMF / Kristalina Georgieva’s Conversation with Center for Global Development
"Yes, the recovery is likely to continue, but against stronger winds," announced IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in an event hosted by the Center for Global Development in Washington,...
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IMF / Brazil, Inflation, and Lebanon
The IMF has agreed with the Brazilian authorities to close the IMF Representation Office in Brasilia by June 30, 2022, when the term of the current IMF Representative expires a Fund spokesman...
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IMF Georgieva Africa Senegal Vaccines
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva visited a vaccine institute during her first trip to Africa since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in Dakar, Senegal Saturday (December 11). She was...
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IMF Georgieva Africa Dakar Senegal
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has arrived in Dakar on the second leg of her first trip to Africa since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic Friday (December 10) She began two days of...
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IMF Georgieva Africa Kinshasa
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has just completed her first trip to Africa since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic with a visit to Kinshasa, DRC Wednesday and Thursday (December 8-9)...
PRESS BRIEFINGS
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IMF / Argentina, Tunisia, and Sri Lanka
The IMF announced today (Feb. 10, 2022) in a virtual press briefing in Washington, DC that the IMF continues working very closely with the Argentine authorities towards reaching a staff-level...
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IMF / Brazil, Inflation, and Lebanon
The IMF has agreed with the Brazilian authorities to close the IMF Representation Office in Brasilia by June 30, 2022, when the term of the current IMF Representative expires a Fund spokesman...
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IMF / 2021 Preliminary Assessment of the Euro Area Economy
The euro area is recovering rapidly since the second quarter of 2021 after falling by about 6½ percent in 2020, the IMF Monday, (December 6 2021) in Brussels, Belgium. “The euro area economy is...
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IMF / Inflation, Crypto Assets, Argentina
Inflation pressures have increased in most economies, but as supply-demand imbalances ease there should be a cooling of inflationary pressure next year, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said Thursday,...
ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS
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IMF Latam Economic Outlook Inflation Mexico
The IMF is predicting that countries in Latin America are returning to growth, but need to remain vigilant in the newly released Western Hemisphere Regional Economic Outlook released Thursday...
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IMF / Sub-Saharan Africa October 2021 Regional Economic Outlook
The IMF is predicting that the pandemic has permanently lowered the path of real GDP in sub-Saharan Africa, suggesting a loss of real per capita output of close to 5.6 percent in the latest issue...
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IMF Europe Economic Outlook Inflation
The IMF is predicting inflation in Europe should subside in 2022 in the newly released European Regional Economic Outlook released Thursday (October 2) in Washington, DC. The IMF is upgrading...
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IMF / Middle East and Central Asia October 2021 Regional Economic Outlook
The recovery in the Middle East and Central Asia region is uneven and incomplete and must fully take hold throughout the region, announced the IMF in a press briefing held today (Tuesday, October...
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IMF Asia Economic Outlook Inflation Philippines
The IMF is downgrading economic growth in Asia due to Covid-19 and warning that US financial tightening to combat inflation may negatively impact the region in the newly released Asia Pacific...
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IMF / IMF Managing Director and IMFC’s Chair Press Briefing
The IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Magdalena Andersson, the chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, the body that supervises the IMF’s work, held a press...
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IMFC Meeting
Members of the International Monetary and Finance Committee (IMFC) are meeting in Washington, DC Thursday (October 14). The meeting is held in the IMF headquarters during the Annual Meetings of...
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IMF / Fiscal Monitor October 2021 Press Briefing
Vitor Gaspar, Director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department sounded the alarm on three issues: the great vaccine divide, the great finance divide, and climate change in the Fiscal Monitor...
FEATURES
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IMF World Economic Outlook
Global growth is getting a downgrade, as high inflation, and the impact of the omicron variant weigh on the forecast the IMF says in its latest quarterly update to the World Economic Outlook...
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IMF / World Economic Outlook January 2022 Forecast
Growth slows as economies grapple with supply disruptions, higher inflation, record debt and persistent uncertainty. Global growth is expected to moderate from 5.9 percent in 2021 to 4.4 percent...
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IMF / Kristalina Georgieva’s Conversation with Center for Global Development
"Yes, the recovery is likely to continue, but against stronger winds," announced IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in an event hosted by the Center for Global Development in Washington,...
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IMF Georgieva Inflation Growth
The head of the IMF warned that inflation and emergence of new Covid-19 variants is threatening global growth prospects, Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday in Washington, DC. “Even before the...
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