Tag: IMF
COVID-19 intensified the challenges faced by central banks; QCB governor
COVID-19 has added to the challenges confronted by central banks, which now have to address economic downturns, the emergence of new technologies and changing...
Global supply chain disruptions lead producers to markup output cost; IIF
Nearly 70 percent of countries across the globe face severe supplier delivery delays, which in turn is seeing manufacturers increasingly marking up their output...
IMF proposes a global income tax law to avoid future conflicts
To avoid an eventual scenario where conflicts between countries make all of them worse off, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on nations...
IMF proposes new macroeconomic framework for developing countries
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is proposing a new macroeconomic framework for developing countries that will allow them to assess policy options and meet...
Delay in vaccine distribution poses major risk to global economy: IMF...
The chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Gita Gopinath, opined that delays in COVID-19 vaccinations pose the highest danger in dealing with...
GCC to drive post-COVID economic recovery in Middle East region; IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that the oil-exporting countries in the Middle East, especially the GCC, would lead the region's post-COVID economic...
Inequality in COVID-19 vaccine supply will slow global economic recovery; WTO...
The intergovernmental organization managing global trade relations, World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has warned that the global economy will have to wait...
G24 calls for global collaboration to limit COVID-19 impact
The intergovernmental group of Twenty-Four (G24) has urged international financial institutions including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to provide full...