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A female employee of the International Monetary Fund was injured today when a letter bomb posted to the world lender's Paris office blew up as she opened it, Reuters reports. The explosion was caused by a homemade device, the head …
Georgia placed 108th among 189 world’s richest and the poorest countries in the world in 2016, surpassing only Armenia in the region, according to the monthly magazine Global Finance. The publication made a list, based on the IMF …
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is planning to launch a three-year, $285 million technical assistance program in an effort to support economic policy in Georgia. Marking the completion of a two-week IMF mission in Georgia, Georgian …
Islamic Banking has a presence in 60 countries. The industry mushroomed to more than $1.5 trillion in assets last year from about $100 billion in the late 1990s. While it represents less than 2% of global banking assets, its share is …
Greece is still drowning in debt as the International Monetary Fund has warned that its debts are on an "explosive" path
The middle class is gradually growing at a global level, but it is in crisis in developed countries, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, said at the World …
Russia should raise the retirement age in order to maintain adequate pensions, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) David Lipton advised. According to him, private pension …
The development of the region depends on Turkey's achievements, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. According to the Turkish leader, Ankara is responsible for the development of the …
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a press release, which notes that the expectations for persistently lower oil and natural gas prices imply the need for additional policy adjustment in Turkmenistan. "Priority areas …
Russia's gross domestic product is now seen falling 0.8% in 2016 before growing 1.1% in 2017, the IMF said. In the previous semi-annual report in April, the Fund had predicted GDP would shrink by 1.8% this year and grow by 0.8% next year. …
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has improved the inflation outlook in Azerbaijan for 2016 and 2017 to 10.2 and 8.5 percent, respectively, the fund’s report said. Earlier in April, the IMF expected inflation in Azerbaijan at …
There is no European convergence when disparities exist, Tspiras says
Climate change is one of the few areas where there was concrete action taken at international summit
It is unlikely that China’s debt will spark a global crisis in the near future
International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Tamas Ajan has given a "guarantee" that all lifters from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will be handed a one-year ban from competition following Rio 2016. …
The National Bank of Georgia increased its forecast for GDP growth in the country in 2016 from 3% to 3.5%, the President of the National Bank, Koba Gvenetadze, said at today's briefing. "The difficulties in …
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said quick action by Turkey’s central bank and other agencies has helped calm financial markets after an attempt by members of the military to unseat President Recep Tayyip …
Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada member and Batkivshchina faction leader, Yulia Timoshenko, slammed the country’s top politicians, claiming that the domestic economy is threatened with ruin because Ukrainian politicians are baffled …
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has improved the outlook for the Russian economy. In April 2016, the IMF said that Russia’s economy could decline by an additional 1.8% this year, in May it improved its outlook on Russia’s GDP …
Oil prices in 2020 may rise to $75 per barrel, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. According to one of the models of the IMF, it is possible if OPEC reduces supplies by 7 million barrels per day. "If OPEC cut supplies by 7 million …
