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IMFDefaulted loans: Another ‘success,’ 5 times increase in just 12 yrs
The amount of defaulted loans in the country’s banking sector has crossed Tk 1000 billion now. In case you do not have a calculator nearby to assess the amount, at least four Padma bridges could have ...
IMF head urges COP26 leaders to ramp up climate ambition
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Sunday urged world leaders gathered at the COP26 summit in Glasgow to show greater policy ambition, calling climate change a 'grave threat to macroeconomic and ...
IMF struggling over long-awaited 'green debt swap' push as COP26 nears
The IMF is narrowing its push for debt-for-climate swaps to focus on countries without major debt issues and has dropped plans to release a joint proposal with the World Bank before next week's UN ...
Supply chains, inflation overshadow vaccine, debt woes at IMF-WB meetings
Supply chain woes and growing inflation concerns pushed aside a widening gap in Covid-19 vaccinations and mounting debt problems for developing countries as the top concerns for global policymakers ...
G20 backs IMF chief's new trust to reach broader range of countries in need
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Wednesday won the endorsement of the Group of 20 major economies for a new trust that will allow rich IMF members to donate their share of newly created emergency ...
IMF chief focused on global challenges after getting board's backing: Interview
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva is fully focused on global challenges, she said on Tuesday, after the fund's executive board cleared her of claims that she pressured World Bank staff to alter data to ...
IMF forecasts 6.5pc growth for Bangladesh in 2022
The International Monetary Fund has projected a 6.5 per cent growth rate for Bangladesh for the year 2022.
IMF warns pandemic darkening prospects in developing countries
The ongoing hit from the Covid-19 pandemic and the failure to distribute vaccines worldwide is worsening the economic divide and darkening prospects for developing nations, the IMF said Tuesday
IMF approves fourth round of debt relief for poor countries
The IMF has approved a fourth round of debt relief for 24 poor nations including new recipients Lesotho and Kyrgyzstan to help them weather the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a statement released ...
Inequality, inflation hurting pandemic recovery: IMF
The global economic bounceback from the Covid-19 crisis will downshift this year as countries struggle with rising prices, high debt loads and divergent recoveries in which poor nations are slipping ...
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