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A powerful international bank lobby warned Thursday that the outcome of Greece's looming debt buyback program remains uncertain and warned that it must be "purely voluntary."

• 01 декабря 2012, 12:59

Greece won breathing space Tuesday with long-frozen eurozone loans to restart from December and a first clear admission that a chunk of the country's debt burden will need to be written off down the line.

• 27 ноября 2012, 14:04

Australia hailed as an endorsement of its economic strength Wednesday IMF moves to count its dollar as a foreign reserve currency, though its central bank chief downplayed it as a technicality.

• 22 ноября 2012, 18:56

The International Monetary Fund lowered the growth forecast for Kazakhstan’s gross domestic product in 2012 from 5.5 to 5 percent.

• 12 ноября 2012, 13:27

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Saturday the global economy was on the mend, but more needed to be done to stoke domestic demand in China and fix Europe's fiscal woes.

• 14 октября 2012, 15:00

The world economy needs to balance austerity with growth if it is to recover fully from the global financial crisis, a key IMF committee said in Tokyo on Saturday.

• 13 октября 2012, 16:42

Public debt in developed countries standing at "wartime levels" is the biggest threat to the global economy, IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned in Tokyo on Friday.

• 12 октября 2012, 17:21

There are now 30 million more people without jobs around the world than before the global financial crisis began, the head of the International Labour Organization said.

• 12 октября 2012, 15:22

The International Monetary Fund is happy for debt-battered Greece to have an extra two years to bring its runaway deficit in line with the demands of global creditors.

• 12 октября 2012, 14:05

The leaders of France and Spain vowed concerted action on the eurozone as they met on Wednesday amid IMF calls for new measures to control the debt crisis threatening the global economy.

• 12 октября 2012, 10:03

The International Monetary Fund warned US leaders that hitting the looming "fiscal cliff" would not only crush the American economy but spin havoc through the rest of the world.

• 11 октября 2012, 11:15

Finding ways to boost the slowing global economy and helping poor nations fend off financial shocks will be on the agenda at meetings this week of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Tokyo.

• 11 октября 2012, 10:24

The last time Japan hosted an International Monetary Fund summit nearly 50 years ago, the nation was a leader in innovation and economic growth that made it the envy of the world.

• 10 октября 2012, 18:18

Politicians and aid officials gathered on Tuesday in the northeast of Japan, devastated by last year's quake and tsunami, to discuss what lessons can be learned from disasters.

• 10 октября 2012, 16:25

The IMF slashed its global growth forecast and warned things could get much worse if the eurozone crisis is not quelled and Washington fails to reverse the looming "fiscal cliff" austerity plan.

• 10 октября 2012, 10:45

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras stressed the urgency of sealing an austerity pact ahead of crucial talks Monday between Greek officials and the so-called troika of international creditors.

• 01 октября 2012, 10:43

The world market panic that started the week looked all too familiar: an alarming reminder of last summer's financial storm brought on by the eurozone debt crisis.

• 24 июля 2012, 19:10

A departing senior IMF economist has excoriated the fund, alleging it failed to address Europe's crisis and "suppressed" its challenges.

• 22 июля 2012, 16:19

Last year’s GDP per capita made $11 thousand, which is 650 percent more than in 2002.

• 19 июля 2012, 18:47

The International Monetary Fund again urged Ukraine Friday to raise gas prices for consumers, a sticking point in the resumption of an IMF bailout.

• 07 июля 2012, 14:15