International Monetary Fund (IMF)

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for accelerated vaccinations against the Coronavirus, saying that this would add $9trillion to global output between now and 2025. The IMF Managing Director, Ms Kristalina…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to do more domestically to increase tax revenues and improve the quality of spending. Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of IMF, made this known in…

The international Monetary Fund (IMF) has declared global public debt to be near 100% of GDP. Ms Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the IMF, disclosed this in a virtual #IMF Seminar, titled, "Averting a COVID-19 Debt…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a stronger recovery of 6% for the global economy compared to its January forecast. The growth is projected to be 6 percent in 2021 (0.5 percentage point upgrade) and 4.4…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the disbursement of a three-year financing package of US$2.34bn for Kenya. This package is to support the East African country's pandemic response and economic reform program;…

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the sum of $500 million for immediate disbursement to Pakistan to support its budget. This was done after reviewing  #Pakistan’s reform programme…

Latest report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed that Tunisia was hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, among other countries, as its economy contracted by 8.2% in 2020. According to the IMF, unemployment rates…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed its support for the recent directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to financial institutions to ban transactions with cryptocurrency. The IMF Resident Representative for Nigeria,…

The International Monetary Fund says Nigeria has expressed strong commitment to boost the economy by avoiding the return of fuel subsidy and putting an end to electricity tariff shortfalls by June this year. The Federal Government…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is calling for a synchronized investment in green and digital infrastructure, as the world looks towards recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.   The Deputy Managing Director, IMF, Antoinette Monsio…