Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday reached a staff level agreement which, if approved by its board, will disburse $1.1 billion for the debt-ridden South Asian economy, the global lender said..The funds are the final tranche of a $3 billion last-gasp rescue package Pa

Georgieva, 70, has run the IMF since 2019, and indicated last week that she would be "honored" to helm the organization once more

Container shipping through the Red Sea has dropped by nearly one-third this year as attacks by Yemen's Huthi rebels continue

IMF's managing director Kristalina Georgieva is hopeful about the US economy as inflation declines further

The pass-through of a sharp depreciation of the local currency accounted for half of the inflation surge seen in Bangladesh in the last financial year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Bangladesh’s debt service to revenue ratio to cross the 100 percent mark for the first time owing to rising loans, lower tax and export receipts

The second review of Sri Lanka's $2.9 billion bailout with the IMF could be completed in the first half of 2024, provided it manages to meet debt restructuring and revenue targets set under the programme, an official said on Wednesday.

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday upgraded its 2023 gross domestic product growth forecast for China to 5.4 percent from 5 percent, citing a "strong" post-COVID-19 recovery, but said the fund still expected the world's second-biggest economy to slow next year.

Rarely have the shortcomings of world leaders and existing institutional arrangements been so glaringly obvious.

 The Internatinal Monetary Fund (IMF) is concerned about the tragic loss of lives in the epicenter of the Israel-Gaza war and the destruction and reduction of economic activity, managing director Kristalina Georgieva said at an investment conference on Wednesday.

One key factor hampering the effectiveness of BB's policies is the delay in decision-making and significant transmission lags.

The global financial system looks stable, because central banks have shifted more and more debt onto their books.

The exchange rate volatility and its strain on the foreign currency reserves would not disappear anytime soon after Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder yesterday said a floating US dollar rate would not be materalised before the upcoming national election.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) has defended revising down its forecast for Bangladesh’s GDP growth in fiscal year 2023-24, saying it was “pretty reasonable” amidst various ongoing challenges, including elevated inflation.

A visiting delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held a meeting with senior Power Division officials yesterday mainly over subsidies, reports UNB.

Bangladesh Bank introduced a new formula in June to determine the lending interest rate and brought about a single exchange rate recently but both are yet to be determined by the open market, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.

Among four South Asian nations, Sri Lanka performed the best in containing high inflation.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised down growth forecast for Bangladesh’s economy to 6 percent for the fiscal year 2023-24, lower from its previous projection of 6.5 percent.

Bangladesh has failed to meet two of the six quantitative targets set for the first half of 2023 by the International Monetary Fund for the $4.7 billion loan, with one of them being a mandatory condition.

Pakistan secured a badly-needed $3 billion short-term financial package from the International Monetary Fund on Friday, giving the South Asian economy a much-awaited respite as it teeters on the brink of default.