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Most headed home with more questions than answers. Many participants in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring Meetings had a sense that Mr Trump’s administration was still ...
SINGAPORE – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) slashed its 2025 growth forecast for Singapore, along with those of its Asean neighbours, saying the outlook has dimmed amid US President Donald ...
The Trump administration’s recent criticism of the IMF has put the institution’s future global role into the spotlight. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has accused the Fund of failing to hold China ...
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) decision to reduce its world growth forecast is a cloud over Barbados’ economic prospects this year, including the performance of the vital tourism sector.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund urged countries to move “swiftly’’ to resolve trade disputes that threaten global economic growth. IMF managing director ...
The International Monetary Fund’s April 2025 ‘World Economic Outlook’ is both reassuring and disturbing. It reflects the uncertain times through which the world is passing—and calls for ...
"Economic stability and growth should be the markers of the IMF's success", he said. The International Monetary Fund and World Bank "must be made fit for purpose again," US Treasury Secretary ...
India will continue to be the world’s fastest-growing economy by a distance, according to the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO). To be sure, the global economic turmoil that has ...
WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will stay "laser focused" on preventing balance of payments crises and incorporate the Trump administration's concerns into its ...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) once again forecast low year-on-year growth for Russia in 2025 – projecting 1.5% of real GDP for the country, according to this April’s World Economic Outlook.
The IMF projects that Kenya’s GDP will grow by 4.8 percent in 2025, which would be 0.2 percentage points lower than the five percent growth rate forecast in October 2024. The International ...
The multilateral lender thinks the U.S. will be hurt more than either Europe or China by President Donald Trump’s tariff blitz. President Donald Trump’s trade war will badly dent the global ...