By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will affect the entire global economy by slowing growth and jacking up inflation, and could fundamentally reshape the global economic order…
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s finance minister held talks with a top International Monetary Fund (IMF) official on Monday, two sources said, as the island nation seeks help…
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO – A senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official will be visiting Sri Lanka on Monday and Tuesday to brief President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on the fund’s assessment…
MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday urged Argentina to accept a new $45 billion deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) instead of defaulting on…
WASHINGTON – Africa’s economic outlook is particularly vulnerable to higher food and fuel prices prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as to reduced tourism revenues and diminished access…
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – Amid the devastation of World War Two, the United States and its allies created the institutions that have governed the post-war global…
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund’s executive board is poised to approve on Wednesday $1.4 billion in emergency funding for Ukraine to help it respond to Russia’s invasion, IMF Managing…
By Walter Bianchi and Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES – Argentine bonds fell on Monday as a new $45 billion deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) started to move through…
– The outlook for Peru’s economy is “very uncertain and downside risks prevail” despite a strong rebound in gross domestic product growth (GDP) last year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
By Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES – Argentina has sealed a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $45 billion program, which will push looming debt payments down…
By Walter Bianchi and Rodrigo Campos BUENOS AIRES/NEW YORK – Argentine sovereign bonds tumbled some 2.3% on Friday, a day after the government struck a $45 billion staff-level agreement with…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – Ukraine has exchanged all but $80 million of the $2.7 billion in new International Monetary Fund emergency reserves it received in August, IMF data show,…
LVIV – The Ukrainian central bank on Wednesday asked the International Monetary Fund and the Group of Seven major economies to limit the participation of Russian and Belarussian representatives in…
– The International Monetary Fund has assured Ukraine of its support by all possible means, Ukraine’s finance ministry said on Saturday. The ministry said in a Twitter post that talks…
– IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday that Ukrainian authorities have requested IMF emergency financing amid Russia’s invasion of its neighbor and the International Monetary Fund was working…
By Agustin Geist and Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES – Argentina is poised to “imminently” send an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the country’s Congress for approval, government…
By Andy Bruce LONDON – The International Monetary Fund told the Bank of England on Wednesday to be clear about its plans to withdraw stimulus for Britain’s economy, following criticism…
KYIV – The mission of the International Monetary Fund is starting its work in Ukraine for the second review of the Fund-supported programme, the global lender said on Wednesday. Ukraine…
By Natalia Zinets KYIV – Ukraine wants to launch talks with the International Monetary Fund on a new programme in April to reassure markets that have been rattled by tensions…
By Jorge Otaola and Adam Jourdan BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to refinance over $40 billion in debts is trudging closer to the finish…
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI – A key IMF-supported programme funding military wages and other essential services in Somalia could expire in May if there are any further delays to elections,…
By Karin Strohecker and Natalia Zinets LONDON/KYIV – Ukraine is working with the United States and other Western nations on unlocking billions of dollars in funding to shore up its…
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank has been right to maintain its easy money policy as inflation is set to fall after “transient boosts” from supply snags that may extend…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – Headline inflation has moved above central bank targets in most Group of 20 economies despite weaker growth momentum and remains a “significant risk,” but rising…
BOGOTA – Colombia’s central bank will have to front load interest rate hikes in the first half of this year in order to get a grip on inflation and maintain…