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Sitharaman attends plenary meeting of IMF via video-conferencing
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday attended the Plenary Meeting of International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), International Monetary Fund (IMF) via video conference.
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IMF urges countries to spend all they can during coronavirus pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 16 (ANI): IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has outlined the difficult economic environment countries are facing because of the COVID-19 epidemic and her global plan of action to take it on.
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Pakistan's economy may contract by 1.5 pc: IMF
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pakistan's economy may contract sharply by 1.5 per cent during the current financial year.
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Global financial conditions tightened abruptly due to COVID-19: IMF
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 14 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its Global Financial Stability Overview released on Tuesday has noted that early in 2020, global financial markets remained afloat as there was a sense of optimism on the back of supportive monetary policy, reduc
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IMF pegs India's growth at 1.9 pc in FY'20-21, but says will bounce back t
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 14 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected the growth of Indian economy in 2020 at the rate of 1.9 per cent, while the world economy is likely to contract sharply by "minus 3 per cent" due to the coronavirus pandemic, which is proving worse
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IMF Executive Board approves immediate debt service relief to 25 poor coun
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], April 14 (ANI): In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Executive Board has approved immediate debt service relief to 25 poor countries.
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IMF to consider $1.4 bn loan to Pakistan after Imran Khan seeks help to ta
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called its executive board meeting on April 16 to consider disbursement of an extra loan worth $1.4 billion to Pakistan after prime minister Imran Khan, once again, opened up his arms before the global financial
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Global growth will turn sharply negative in 2020: IMF
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 9 (ANI): While the trajectory of coronavirus pandemic remains uncertain, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects an economic crisis worse than the great recession of 2008.
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IMF approves first emergency COVID-19 aid for Kyrgyzstan
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], Mar 27 (Xinhua/ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday approved a disbursement of 120.9 million U.S. dollars to address Kyrgyzstan's COVID-19 outbreak, its first offer of emergency financial assistance since the pandemic started.
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Pak to seek USD 3.7 bn in loans to offset virus impact
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 26 (ANI): Pakistan has decided to seek USD 3.7 billion additional financing from three multilateral creditors including another loan of USD 1.4 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cope with the challenges faced due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Coronavirus-triggered recession may be worse than 2008 meltdown: IMF
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 24 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects that the coronavirus pandemic will cause a global recession in 2020 that will be as bad as 2008 financial crisis, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday.
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Policy action needed for a healthy global economy: IMF
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 17 (ANI): While quarantining and social distancing is the right prescription to combat COVID-19's public health impact, the exact opposite is needed when it comes to securing the global economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.
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