International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund is ready to discuss its controversial $2.9 billion bailout programme for Sri Lanka with the country’s new government, a spokesman said. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, sworn in Monday as the country’s first leftist...

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved a fresh $4.7 billion for Argentina, praising the new administration of President Javier Milei as he enacts “bold” cost-cutting to bring the country’s ailing economy back on track. The...

Argentina and the International Monetary Fund announced an agreement Wednesday to release $4.7 billion dollars as part of a debt restructuring plan for the troubled South American giant. Latin America’s third-biggest economy is on its knees...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund on Friday approved a $3 billion loan to Egypt, with an immediate disbursement of $347 million, the IMF said in a statement. Egypt will benefit from the loan...

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), increased fiscal instability and a decline in agricultural output will cause Zimbabwe’s economic growth to decrease to around half of what it was last year. According to Dhaneshwar Ghura,...

A spokeswoman for the IMF said Thursday that staff are working closely with officials in Argentina to reach an agreement on a new funding contract “as soon as possible.” Late in January, Buenos Aires declared that...

The International Monetary Fund’s board of governors approved a $650 billion increase in the institution’s loan capacity on Monday, the final step in approving a plan to enhance help to the world’s poorest countries. “This is...

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Thursday he will lead talks on finding a single European candidate to succeed Christine Lagarde as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The post of IMF managing director,...

News Hour: Brazil’s economy appears to have turned a corner, but political uncertainty is on the rise, prompting the International Monetary Fund on Thursday to cut its 2018 growth forecast for the recession-hit country. The recovery...

News Hour: The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund cannot allow political and economic shocks to hijack their ambitions to combat climate change and curb inequality, warned Oxfam. In the wake of the growing wave...