Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that Gita Gopinath, currently chief economist of the IMF, is set to succeed Geoffrey Okamoto as the institution’s First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD) early next year. “Especially given that the
Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised down its 2021 economic growth forecast for Asia to 6.5 per cent, down by 1.1 percentage points from its April projection, according to a newly released regional economic outlook. “The
United Nations, Oct 12 (IANS) India has emerged from a “very tough second wave” of Covid-19, Gita Gopinath, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Chief Economist, said on Tuesday at the release of the flagship report that showed India continuing to
United Nations, Oct 12 (IANS) India will continue to be the world’s fastest growing major economy, clocking a growth rate of 9.5 per cent this fiscal year and 8.5 per cent in the next, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
New Delhi, Sep 29 Afghanistan’s banking system is close to collapse. Syed Moosa Kaleem Al-Falahi, the Chief Executive of the Islamic Bank of Afghanistan, said the country’s financial industry is in the grip of an “existential crisis” as customers panic,
Mumbai, Aug 14 India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $889 million, during the week ended August 6. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) weekly statistical supplement, the reserves increased to $621.464 billion from $620.576 billion reported for the
Washington, Aug 3 The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) board of governors has approved a new general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) equivalent to $650 billion, the largest ever in the organisation’s history, in an effort to boost global liquidity
United Nations, July 27 The Delta variant-spurred Covid-19 second wave has shaved off 3 per cent from the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) previous projection for India’s economic growth for fiscal year 2021-22, pegging it now at 9.5 per cent, but
Washington, July 23 The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a set of policy reforms to the concessional lending facilities to better support the recovery of low-income countries (LICs) from the Covid-19 pandemic. “These reforms are
Washington, June 19 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has proposed to set up an international carbon price floor to help limit global warming and achieve the transition toward low carbon growth over this decade. “Gradually increasing price on carbon encourages
Mumbai, June 19 India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $3.074 billion during the week ended June 11. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) weekly statistical supplement, the reserves increased to $608.081 billion from $605.008 billion reported for the
United Nations, April 7 India’s economy is projected to grow at the historically high level of 12.5 per cent this fiscal year, but the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Chief Economist Gita Gopinath cautioned that the current wave of the pandemic
New Delhi [India], July 11 — The global public debt is expected to exceed 100 per cent of the GDP in 2020-21 and the average overall fiscal deficit is expected to soar to 14 per cent of the GDP, the
Washington, June 20 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it is expected to deploy emergency financing for 70 countries by Friday as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ripple across the globe. IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice said at a virtual
Washington, April 20 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) have called on countries to keep trade open as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, warning that export controls on medical supplies and other essentials could
Washington, April 16 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group have welcomed the Group of 20 (G20)’s decision to provide temporary debt relief for the world’s poorest countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “We strongly welcome the decision
Washington, March 26 Washington-based World Bank Group together with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on all its official bilateral creditors to suspend debt repayments of poor countries that receive loans from its concessionary window and help them tackle
Washington, July 3 David Lipton, first Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will serve as acting MD following the nomination of Christine Lagarde to the presidency of the European Central Bank (ECB), the executive board of the
Washington, June 7 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised economic growth forecasts for the US to 2.6 per cent this year and 2 per cent in 2020, compared to 2.3 per cent and 1.9 per cent in April respectively,
United Nations, April 9 India will retain its record as the world’s fastest-growing major economy, expanding at a rate of 7.3 per cent this fiscal year despite a cut of 0.2 per cent from the projection made in January, according to
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