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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A participant stands near a logo of World Bank at the International Monetary Fund – World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, October 12, 2018. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo By Uditha and Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -The World Bank has agreed to provide Sri Lanka with $600 million in financial…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators shout slogans against Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, near the Presidential Secretariat, amid the country’s economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 23, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo (Reuters) – Sri Lanka must tighten monetary policy, raise tax and adopt flexible exchange rates to address its debt crisis, a senior International…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO – Demonstrators shout slogans against Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, near the Presidential Secretariat, amid the country’s economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 23, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 2/2 By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said on Saturday it held “fruitful technical discussions” with Sri Lanka…

2/2 © Reuters. Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati answers questions during an interview at the World Bank in Washington, U.S., April 22, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 2/2 By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati on Friday joined a growing chorus of officials calling for reforms aimed at…

As the U.S. economy recovers from the pandemic, its growth prospects are running into high inflation and sparking fears of a recession in 2023. While the International Monetary Fund has predicted it will grow nearly 4% this year, inflation in the United States reached 8.5% in March, the highest annualized rate in 40 years. Bringing…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Gita Gopinath, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) speaks during a news conference in Santiago, Chile, July 23, 2019. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido (Reuters) – Central bankers must act decisively and quickly to tackle the rise in inflation, Gita Gopinath, first deputy managing director of…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen makes a speech about the current and future state of the U.S. and global economy at the Atlantic Council in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday said the U.S. economy was proving “very resilient”…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The central bank headquarters building is seen in Brasilia, Brazil May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank said on Wednesday it would resume data release that were suspended due to a strike by its employees, including a weekly survey seen as critical for the monetary policy conduction.…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask walks past the headquarters of Bank of Japan amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, May 22, 2020.REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo/File Photo By Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan on Wednesday boosted efforts to defend its yield target, making a fresh offer…