IMF Food Shock Window/ Ukraine/ Lebanon

In a press briefing held today (Thursday, Sept. 15), the IMF announced that it is aiming to operationalize the Resilience and Sustainability Trust around the 2022 Annual Meetings which will take...

Sep 15, 2022 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF G20/Sri Lanka/ China

The IMF said in a press briefing today, Thursday July 14, that third of emerging markets and developing economies are in debt distress and decisive action is needed now. “We've been saying that a...

Jul 14, 2022 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF Growth Slowdown / Lebanon / Tunisia

The International Monetary Fund sees further slowdown hitting global economic growth in 2022, IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice said on Thursday in Washington, DC, following moves by the World Bank and...

Jun 09, 2022 - FEATURES-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF Ukraine / Sri Lanka / Food Security

As the G7 meets, the IMF is working to secure emergency funding to help Ukraine while it is fending off a Russian invasion, Fund spokesman Gerry Rice said Thursday in Washington, DC (May 19). “Our...

May 19, 2022 - FEATURES-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / Ukraine, Argentina, Supply Chain Disruptions

The war in Ukraine will cause negative economic spillovers around the world, with the poor taking the biggest hit, announced the IMF today (Thursday, March 31st) in a press briefing held in...

Mar 31, 2022 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / Ukraine – Lebanon – Tunisia

The war in Ukraine will overshadow the still incomplete economic recovery from the pandemic the IMF announced in a press briefing today, Thursday March 17, 2022. The IMF is assessing the magnitude...

Mar 17, 2022 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

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...

Feb 10, 2022 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

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...

Dec 16, 2021 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

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,...

Nov 18, 2021 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

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...

Nov 04, 2021 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS