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Sri Lanka gains IMF's provisional agreement for $2.9 billion loan
Sep 01, 2022 12:51Sri Lanka has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan of about $2.9 billion, the global lender said on Thursday, as the country seeks a way out its worst economic crisis in decades.
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Afghanistan a living example of US belligerence: China
Aug 20, 2022 15:50China says Afghanistan is a living example of what the United States’ belligerence creates; the nation still suffers from the impact of two decades of war, which reduced the country to rubble and ruined the future of an entire generation.
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IMF expects Iran economy to grow by 3% in 2022
Apr 20, 2022 05:23The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects the Iranian economy will continue to grow in 2022 despite continued pressure on the country because of American sanctions and the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Afghanistan on brink of 'irreversible' economic collapse: UN envoy
Mar 03, 2022 10:59Humanitarian agencies may have distributed enough aid to Afghanistan to prevent large-scale famine and starvation, but the economic challenges have left the country on the brink of “irreversible” ruin, the UN envoy to Kabul says.
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US must ‘respond positively’ to UN call to release Afghan funds: Taliban
Jan 14, 2022 17:37The Taliban government has called on the United States to release billions of dollars of Afghanistan’s frozen assets to avoid a worsening humanitarian crisis after the 20-year invasion of the war-ravaged country by US-led forces.
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IMF cuts US growth outlook and warns of rising risks to the global economy
Oct 12, 2021 17:38Persistent supply chain disruptions and pricing pressures are constraining the global economy’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday as it cut growth outlooks for the United States and other major industrial powers.
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Iran’s chief banker rejects IMF estimate about dwindling reserves
Apr 14, 2021 05:06Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati has rejected as flawed a recent estimate by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which suggests Iran’s foreign currency reserves declined significantly in 2020 to only $4 billion.
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IMF revises forecasts, says Iran achieved positive economic growth in 2020
Apr 07, 2021 05:11The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its analysis of the economic situation in Iran in 2020 as its latest estimates suggest that the country recorded a positive economic growth last year despite grappling with US sanctions and the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Iran urges IMF to swiftly reply to Iran’s loan request
Apr 01, 2021 16:21Iran has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to immediately consider its request for an emergency loan it needs to battle the economic impacts of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Hariri says Lebanon has to re-engage IMF to avoid collapse
Mar 19, 2021 06:32Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri says the only way to stop the country’s economy from total collapse is to form a cabinet that can re-engage with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).