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The suspension of oil exports in Yemen continues to weigh on the country’s economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday.

The disbursement of $1.1 billion by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will help Pakistan achieve greater economic stability, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday, amid discussions for a new loan program.

A “weak-by-historic-standards” global growth rate and “significant divergence across the world” are two “very serious problems” that need to be tackled imminently, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva highlighted at a Riyadh summit on Sunday.

BENGALURU: Countries, mostly middle and lower-income, have been burdened by surcharges on top of interest payments on their borrowings from the International Monetary Fund, widening global inequities, according to a report by US think tanks. 

Slow economic growth will push France out of the list of the world’s ten largest economies within five years, according to an updated global outlook from the International Monetary Fund.

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday opened a new regional office in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh.

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund will meet on April 29 to discuss the approval of $1.1 billion funding for Pakistan, the Fund said on Wednesday.

The country has enjoyed a rebound in consumption and an uptick in real wages, analyst Alfred Kammer has said

Finance ministers from all over the world have descended on Washington this week to compare notes and hear from IMF and World Bank experts on topics ranging from fiscal policy to global growth and helping poorer countries

The IMF lowered its 2024 growth forecast for low-income countries as a group to 4.7% from an estimate of 4.9% in January