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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,...
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IMF / Resilience and Sustainability Trust, India, Lebanon
The IMF announced today (Thursday, November 4) that the G20 welcomed the $650 billion Special Drawing Rights allocation from the IMF. This allocation was implemented over the summer and now the...
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IMF Georgieva Climate COP26 Carbon Tax
The world is at a turning point on climate change on the eve of the global COP26 meeting in Glasgow next week, IMF Managing Director Kristalina said Thursday (October 28) in Washington, DC. “The...
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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 / 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...
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IMF / Managing Director on Global Policy Agenda
The IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva announced today (Wednesday, October 13) in her virtual press briefing on the Global Policy Agenda that more uncertainty in supply chain disruptions...
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IMF / Fiscal Monitor October 2021 Forecast
The pandemic has led to an unprecedented increase in debt—issued by governments, nonfinancial corporations, and households the IMF estimated in the latest Fiscal Monitor report. In 2020 global...
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IMF Global Financial Stability Report
Easing monetary and financial conditions have fueled a steep rise in debt, with an increasing risk to market stability, the IMF’s Financial Counselor Tobias Adrian said Tueday (October 12) in...
