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Greece has notified the IMF that it plans to bundle all of its June payments, which means the IMF and other creditors will not receive payments until June 30.
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Government globally subsidizes consumers’ energy costs by a total of $5.3 trillion, about 6.5% of global GDP and more than the gross domestic product of all but the world’s largest two economies,...
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Ratings service Standard & Poor's has downgraded its long-term and short-term sovereign credit ratings on Greece. The ratings have been removed from CreditWatch, but the outlook is Negative.
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The United States is forecast to remain the world's largest economy in 2030, but China will close the gap between first and second place.
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The International Monetary Fund has issued a report that forecasts low worldwide economic growth for several years ahead.
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Greece is pushing for €279 billion in reparations from Germany for actions during World War II. It is unlikely Germany will make the payments, though.
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Troubled by both war and the threat of financial collapse, Ukraine got a lifeline from the International Monetary Fund.
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Some fear China's growth rate will continue to sink, which would be signal that a nation with a voracious appetite for imports from much of the rest of the world would be in trouble.
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As the world's rich and powerful gather at Davos, the International Monetary Fund had a message for them and other world leaders.
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Many experts believe that Russia will fall into a deep recession next year, due primarily to a drop in oil prices.
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thinkstock.comWhile many believe slavery is an issue of the past, it remains a real, yet largely hidden, problem. An estimated 35.8 million people are enslaved worldwide, according to a recent report...
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One of the world's leading experts on the spread of disease believes that the countries hardest hit by Ebola could lose their ability to govern.
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There are plenty of reasons why the S&P 500 might just drop another 10% before the end of the year.
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ThinkstockThe Secretary General for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), H.E. Abdalla Salem El-Badri, issued a statement to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on...
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If it weren’t for a projected increase in the outlook for U.S. economic growth, the IMF forecast for 2014 global growth would be even worse than its current forecast.
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