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Montevideo, September 21st 2024 - 10:28 UTC

Tag: International Monetary Fund, IMF

  • Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 19:50 UTC

    Argentine Economy Minister meets with IMF Chief in Rio

    Caputo was full of praise for Georgieva as he almost desperately needs fresh IMF funding

    Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo met Thursday in Rio de Janeiro with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, who said the encounter had been “constructive.”

  • Tuesday, July 23rd 2024 - 18:43 UTC

    IMF and IDB to boost Paraguay's sustainable development initiatives

    Goldfajn (R) and Georgieva (L) highlighted Paraguay's progress after meeting with President Peña

    The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced this week in Asunción an increase in cooperation with Latin American and Caribbean countries regarding environmental initiatives and sustainable development.

  • Tuesday, July 16th 2024 - 20:19 UTC

    Argentina's economic fall worse than expected, IMF foresees

    The IMF tied an overall setback in Latin America and the Caribbean to Argentina's performance

    According to the latest issue of the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook (WEO) report, Argentina's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to fall 3.5% in 2024, which represented a setback from the 2.8% predicted back in April. Regarding next year, the IMF kept the 5% growth projection unchanged.

  • Monday, June 17th 2024 - 18:14 UTC

    IMF: Argentina's economic activity projections worse than thought

    Argentina's return to international capital markets could happen as early as 2025, the IMF also foresaw

    Monday's International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected a 3.5% drop in Argentina's economic activity this year from a previous 2.75% assessment but admitted inflation would be lower than previously thought reaching 140% year-on-year by the end of 2024 in addition to “declining further in the medium term, as demand for pesos recovers from historically low levels.”

  • Tuesday, June 11th 2024 - 22:17 UTC

    World Bank foresees economic deterioration for Argentina this year

    A recovery above average is also forecast for 2025

    According to the latest “World Economic Outlook” report released Tuesday by the World Bank from its headquarters in Washington DC, Argentina's economy is expected to fall sharply this year, thus becoming the Latin American country going through the tightest contraction in the region before rebounding in 2025. The study projected a 3.5% drop this year followed by a 5% surge in 2025, thus outperforming the rest of the continent.

  • Monday, June 3rd 2024 - 13:13 UTC

    Chinese economy rebounding coincide Stats Office and IMF; Beijing pumping a US$ 138bn support

    The upgrade reflects a first quarter GDP growth stronger than expected, and some additional policy measures recently announced,” Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath said

    The Chinese economy rebounding, seems to be the message both from the country's National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, and even the IMF with a more optimistic outlook. According to NBS industrial profits during April were again in positive territory and so are other important economic indicators, which showed a moderate improvement from March, highlighting a sustained recovery of the world's second-largest economy.

  • Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 19:08 UTC

    Argentina needs to solve its exchange rate problem, IMF spokeswoman says

    Milei's government will need to evolve to keep its successful plan going, Kozack warned

    International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spokeswoman Julie Kozack said that Argentina needed to lift the exchange rate ceiling if the government were to protect the country's Central Bank reserves. Kozack's remarks during a press conference came a day after Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo announced that the South American nation was on course to dollarization.

  • Monday, May 13th 2024 - 20:45 UTC

    Argentina passes IMF test with flying colors, will get US$ 800mn

    The IMF thanked Caputo and Bausili for their strong commitment to restoring economic stability

    After passing the eighth review of its debt refinancing program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Argentina is expected to receive a US$ 800 billion disbursement in the coming weeks, it was announced Monday. However, the transaction still needs to be approved by the IMF Board of Directors.

  • Tuesday, May 7th 2024 - 19:43 UTC

    FMI foresees rebound in Uruguay's economy

    According to the IMF, “continued vigilance of monetary policy is crucial”

    The Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a report this week forecasting a “strong rebound” in Uruguay's economy this year. Driven by a surge in agricultural exports amid “balanced” macroeconomic risks, a 3.7% growth has been projected.

  • Friday, April 19th 2024 - 21:14 UTC

    Brazil's Finance Minister hopes G20 will tax the super‑rich to tackle world's debt crisis

    Haddad recalled that Biden's government was holding thoughts along the same lines regarding the wealthiest people

    During his trip to Washington DC to attend International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) engagements, Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said he hoped the G-20 would approve later this year a new taxation for the planet's super-rich so that the global economy could adjust amid an unprecedented debt crisis, Agencia Brasil reported.

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