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  Celebrating poverty: the IMF in Egypt

  Amr Khafagy | Updated at 12:00am on November 19, 2019

  THE International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Bloomberg and Financial Times, alongside big investment banks such as Morgan Stanley, are celebrating Egypt’s economic success. As the...

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  IMF to release 2nd tranche of $6b Pakistan loan

  Reuters . Islamabad | Updated at 12:00am on November 13, 2019

  Pakistan’s fiscal deficits are narrowing, the IMF said on Friday as it announced it would release the second tranche of its $6 billion financial assistance...

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  IMF chief pushes for ‘peer pressure’ to follow, fix global trade rules

  Reuters . Washington | Updated at 01:06am on October 21, 2019

  International Monetary Fund members discussed ways to increase ‘peer pressure’ on countries to follow and improve global trade rules to reduce growth-sapping uncertainty, IMF...

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  IMF to examine climate risk to financial markets

  Reuters . Washington | Updated at 01:02am on October 21, 2019

  The International Monetary Fund was examining the impact of climate on the world’s financial markets and whether it was priced into market valuations, the head...

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  IMF avoids clash with US, delays shareholding changes to 2023

  Reuters . Washington | Updated at 12:00am on October 20, 2019

  The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that its 189 member countries agreed to maintain the IMF’s $1 trillion in total lending resources while delaying...

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  Negative interest rates: bankers at the IMF meeting weigh in

  Reuters . Washington | Updated at 12:00am on October 20, 2019

  One of the hot topics of discussion at the International Monetary Fund’s annual meeting was negative interest rates, which have been utilised by central banks...

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  IMF wants introduction of carbon tax to improve climate change

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 12:36am on October 06, 2019

  International Monetary Fund has underscored the need for introducing carbon tax to mobilize more domestic revenue to increase investment for addressing the challenges of...

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  Georgieva becomes first IMF chief from emerging economy

  Reuters . Washington/ Sofia | Updated at 12:00am on September 27, 2019

  Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva was confirmed on Wednesday as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, the first person from an emerging-market economy to head...

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  Foreigners roaming with briefcases to lend us money: Mannan

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Chattogram | Updated at 12:33am on September 22, 2019

  Mentioning that the World Bank, ADB, IMF, JICA and China want to lend billions of dollars credit to Bangladesh, planning minister MA Mannan said thousands...

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  Pakistan hopes to meet fiscal deficit target set by IMF: finance chief

  Reuters . Islamabad | Updated at 12:00am on September 17, 2019

  Pakistan is edging towards macro-economic stability after putting in place tough measures to meet a fiscal deficit target set by the International Monetary Fund as...