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IMF board set to approve $600 mln loan for Ghana on Friday – sources

YoopyaJan 15, 2024January 15, 20240

LONDON/ACCRA, Jan 15 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board is due to meet on Friday to approve a $600 million rescue loan

More than 200 groups urge G20 to back IMF issuance to help poor countries in pandemic

YoopyaFeb 24, 2021June 13, 20230

Jubilee USA Network, Oxfam and 215 other civil society groups on Wednesday urged Group of 20 finance officials to back an issuance of $3 trillion

French pimping trial to start for ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn

YoopyaFeb 2, 2015June 15, 20230

PARIS (AP) — Dominique Strauss-Kahn is going on trial for sex charges in France — the nation where he once was considered a top presidential

IMF says it will help Zimbabwe produce debt repayment plan

YoopyaSep 30, 2014September 2, 20230

This and the appreciation of the South African rand, the major currency of Zimbabwe’s (main) trading partner, has caused a liquidity crunch that has weakened

IMF chief Lagarde under investigation in France

YoopyaAug 27, 2014June 15, 20230

PARIS (AP) — Christine Lagarde, the chief of the International Monetary Fund, was put under official investigation for negligence in a French corruption probe that

IMF chief warns a US default could spark recession

YoopyaOct 14, 2013March 17, 20240

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has warned that a US default could tip the world into recession. In a US TV

G20 hopes grow for U.S. deal to avert default

YoopyaOct 11, 2013April 3, 20240

(Reuters) – Top finance officials from the G20 leading economies looked set to keep their focus on the receding risk of a U.S. default at talks on Friday as

Cyprus bailout: Deal reached in Eurogroup talks

YoopyaMar 25, 20130

Eurozone finance ministers have agreed a 10bn-euro bailout deal for Cyprus to prevent its banking system collapsing and keep the country in the eurozone. Laiki

Court rejects Strauss-Kahn’s call to drop sex inquiry

YoopyaDec 19, 20120

(Reuters) – A French court on Wednesday rejected a request by former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to drop a sex offence inquiry in which he

IMF warns global economic slowdown deepens, prods U.S., Europe

brunoOct 9, 2012October 9, 20120

(Reuters) – The IMF said the global economic slowdown is worsening as it cut its growth forecasts for the second time since April and warned