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IMF: Previous warnings of global economic contraction too optimistic
The Head of the International Monetary Fund said Friday that previous estimates for the world economy to contract by three percent this year were...
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FLASHBACK: Ghana seeks $1 billion IMF support
In early 2009, Ghana turned to the IMF for a $1 billion loan to help stabilize the economy.IMF advisors, working with the Ghanaian government,...
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Lift trade restrictions on medical supplies and food IMF, WTO to governments
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Roberto Azevêdo, have on Friday April 24...
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IMF’s Georgieva says coronavirus crisis is worst since Great Depression
The crisis sparked by the spread of the novel coronavirus is the worst since the Great Depression, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on...
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Coronavirus: IMF says half the world has asked for a bailout
Half of the world's countries have approached the International Monetary Fund for emergency loans to weather the financial crisis sparked by the global coronavirus...
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Central Banks build $8trn war chest against coronavirus
Central Banks across the globe have built an $8 trillion war chest against the Coronavirus pandemic.International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva disclosed...
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Coronavirus: Banks’ resilience to be tested in some countries IMF
The International Monetary Fund says the resilience of banks may be tested in some countries in the face of a sharp slowdown in economic...
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$1billion cash: Were not back to an IMF program – Gabby Otchere-Darko
An influential member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has explained even though the government of Ghana has secured a facility of...
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IMF predicts negative global growth in 2020
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the outlook for global growth for 2020 is negative at least a recession as bad as during the...
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Venezuela asks IMF for $5 billion to tackle coronavirus
President Nicolas Maduro's government has requested $5 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to deal with the coronavirus pandemic in Venezuela, where 33...
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