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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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Jaishankar discusses coronavirus situation with senior EU official
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday held discussion with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell Fonte, over coronavirus situation.
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Jaishankar, Chinese FM Wang discuss bilateral efforts to combat coronaviru
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday spoke to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and agreed to build further on bilateral efforts in combating the spread of coronavirus.
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Govt economic package soon , IT return filing date extended to June 30, sa
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Mar 24 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday stated that the government is preparing an economic package which will be announced soon in a bid to tackle the economic fallout affecting the Indian economy due to coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus-triggered recession may be worse than 2008 meltdown: IMF
Updated : 5 years, 11 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 : 5 years, 12 months 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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Countries must work together to combat COVID-19 pandemic: IMF
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 13 (ANI): The economic cost from the outbreak of coronavirus strain COVID-19 is still uncertain but countries must work together to combat it, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said.
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Limit economic fallout of coronavirus with large targeted policies: IMF
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 10 (ANI): Substantial targeted policies are needed to support the global economy through coronavirus epidemic as the health crisis will have a significant economic fallout, reflecting shocks to supply and demand different from past crises, the International Monetary
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IMF makes available $50 billion to help address coronavirus
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 5 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is making available about 50 billion dollars through its rapid-disbursing emergency financing facilities for low income and emerging market countries that could potentially seek support to combat the spread of coronav
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IMF, Pak agree on reviewing reform programmes
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 28 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it has reached an agreement with Pakistan "on policies and reforms needed to complete the second review" of the USD 6 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF).
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IMF to revise global growth forecast after coronavirus strain
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Feb 28 (ANI): The economic cost from the outbreak of coronavirus strain COVID-19 is still uncertain but will certainly have a negative impact on global growth, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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Uncertainties too great to permit reliable forecasting: IMF MD on COVID-19
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Feb 22 (ANI): International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director (MD) Kristalina Georgieva has said that "uncertainties" arising out of the outbreak of coronavirus in China are "too great to permit reliable forecasting."
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