International Monetary Fund
Iceland to get $6 billion from IMF, Europe
10 Nov 2008
IMF predicts global recession
07 Nov 2008
IMF researchers yesterday predicted a contraction in the economies of developed countries, with emerging economies facing the risk of recession.
IMF loosens loan strings, for now
30 Oct 2008
IMF's $100-billion facility to aid crisis-hit nations
30 Oct 2008
IMF will create a $100 billion short-term lending facility (SLF) for making available new cash for countries battered by the financial crisis.
IMF bails out Ukraine with a $16.5 billion loan
27 Oct 2008
Pakistan seeks IMF help
27 Oct 2008
Pakistan has approached the IMF for two-year stand by loan for an undisclosed sum to meet its balance of payments difficulties caused by result of high food and fuel prices and the global financial crisis.
IMF and the World Bank set to increase loans
27 Oct 2008
IMF approves $2-billion loan for Iceland
25 Oct 2008
Iceland becomes the second European nation after the UK in 1976, to receice a $2-billion loan from the IMF to save the country from bankruptcy
India raps IMF for 'ignoring' global financial crisis
07 Oct 2008
Indian ambassador to the UN Nirpam Sen today attacked IMF and other UN bodies for ignoring the plight of the poor wrought by the global econiomic crisis
IMF warns of macroeconomic implications of the credit crisis (Video)
10 Apr 2008
Financial institutions need to raise capital or cut back assets to cope with continued strains, warns Jaime Caruana, counsellor and director, monetary and capital markets department, International Monetary Fund> Video
IMF predicts close to $1 trillion losses due to US sub-prime mortgage crisis
09 Apr 2008
The growing fallout from the US sub-prime mortgage crisis could have profound financial system and macroeconomic implications, according to the IMF's latest Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) which disclosed possible accumulated losses nearing one trillion dollars.
IMF board to consider voting reforms
28 Mar 2008
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