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

YoopyaJanuary 15, 2024January 15, 2024

by YoopyaJanuary 15, 2024January 15, 20240561

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...

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

YoopyaFebruary 24, 2021June 13, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 24, 2021June 13, 2023017

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...

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

YoopyaFebruary 2, 2015June 15, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 2, 2015June 15, 202306

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

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IMF says it will help Zimbabwe produce debt repayment plan

YoopyaSeptember 30, 2014September 2, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 30, 2014September 2, 202303

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...

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IMF chief Lagarde under investigation in France

YoopyaAugust 27, 2014June 15, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 27, 2014June 15, 202305

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

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IMF chief warns a US default could spark recession

YoopyaOctober 14, 2013March 17, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 14, 2013March 17, 202401

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...

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

YoopyaOctober 11, 2013April 3, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 11, 2013April 3, 202409

(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...

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Cyprus bailout: Deal reached in Eurogroup talks

YoopyaMarch 25, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 25, 201305

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...

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

YoopyaDecember 19, 2012

by YoopyaDecember 19, 201203

(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...

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

brunoOctober 9, 2012October 9, 2012

by brunoOctober 9, 2012October 9, 201202

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