Lagarde

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed with Argentina to a standby loan of US$50b over a three-year period, Finance Minister Nicolas Dujovne said Thursday. “We have looked to the IMF […]

The World Trade Organization is facing the greatest crisis of its 23-year existence. Rising trade tensions caused by President Donald Trump’s push to impose tariffs on imports from key US […]

Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, has warned that the return of protectionism risks tearing up the current rulebook for global trade. Her remarks in Hong Kong […]

Christine Lagarde, the chief of the International Monetary Fund, called on governments and businesses to do more to promote the same economic opportunities for men and women and to fight discrimination that interferes with those goals.

The IMF maintened its forecast for weak economic growth in the advanced economies on Tuesday while citing increasing risks from isolationist sentiment, but upgraded its outlook for emerging markets. "Compared to the 1998-2007 averages, long-term potential growth is now projected to be lower in all regions", it wrote in the statement.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), after an year’s delay, has approved a $1 billion aid tranche for Ukraine from its $17.2 billion bailout program.

The IMF will disburse an additional $1 billion (889.3 million euros) to Kyiv, the fund’s first aid package for the country since the $17.5 billion program was held up in August 2015. The latest decision brings the total amount of aid disbursed to Ukraine by the IMF to $7.62 billion.
"The positive decision by the IMF is evidence that the world recognizes that reforms are happening in Ukraine, that real and positive changes are happening in Ukraine, and that the country is moving in the right direction," Poroshenko said in a statement.