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Financial Crisis Seen as a Distant Threat at IMF Meeting
Banking leaders and policymakers gathered for the International Monetary Fund’s spring meetings downplayed the prospect of a ...
Syria meeting focused on need for credible economic data, IMF chief says
Officials from the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and key countries underscored the need for credible economic data ...
Bessent Chides IMF, World Bank as He Says ‘America First Does Not Mean America Alone’
Bessent spoke to the Institute of International Finance as both the International Monetary Fund and World Bank held their ...
Suriname Meets With IMF to Discuss Successor Program Before Vote
Suriname government official are meeting with the International Monetary Fund to discuss frameworks for a second program ...
Angola's finance minister says country stress-testing for lower oil prices, IMF programme more likely
Angola is running stress tests to gauge the potential fallout from a decline in oil prices on government finances, Finance ...
Bessent says US will seek reforms of IMF, World Bank
Bessent sharply criticized the IMF and World Bank, saying that “mission creep has knocked these institutions off course.” He ...
Bessent says IMF and World Bank need reform and there’s an ‘opportunity for a big deal’ with China
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has played a balancing act trying to reassure nervous investors that the U.S. would maintain ...
Germany's fiscal shift will offset trade drag starting in 2026, IMF official says
Germany's fiscal expansion will boost its economy starting in 2026 after years of weak growth, offsetting the increased drag ...
Trump administration says IMF, World Bank ‘falling short’ of missions
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. remains committed to playing a leadership role in the IMF and World Bank but ...
Global debt crisis looms as tariffs and inflation bite, IMF forecasts
Global public debt peaked in 2020 as governments borrowed heavily for COVID-19 relief. But it has been edging back up, and ...
Sub-Saharan Africa Must Lift Revenue to Ride Out Global Turbulence - IMF Africa Head
Investors sold off risky assets after President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners, ...
Powell Draws Applause on Independence at Closed-Door IMF Meeting
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell used a gathering of finance chiefs from around the world to stress that central banks ...