11-06-2015 11:13
Brussels took just a day to dismiss the proposals that Greece submitted on Tuesday to its EU-IMF creditors, which have demanded tough reforms in exchange for giving Athens the rest of its international rescue package.
10-06-2015 10:18
Greece submitted a promised reform plan to its EU-IMF creditors on Tuesday (Jun 9), a day before Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due to discuss how to end Athens's debt crisis with the French and German leaders, European sources said.
05-06-2015 15:46
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed on Thursday that Greece will be bundling four debt repayments due in June at the end of the month, averting the possibility of a Greek default on Friday.
02-06-2015 11:07
IMF chief Christine Lagarde and ECB president Mario Draghi unexpectedly joined the leaders of France and Germany as well as European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker in Berlin late on Monday (Jun 1) for talks on Greece's debt crisis, diplomatic sources said.
29-05-2015 09:40
Greece's exit from the eurozone is a possibility but would not signify an end to the single currency, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said in a newspaper interview on Thursday.
19-05-2015 10:29
The IMF report estimated that this year's energy subsidies represent 6.5 per cent of the global economy, likely exceeding government health spending across the world.
15-05-2015 10:07
Olivier Blanchard, who took the lead IMF post in 2008 amid the global financial crisis, plans to retire from the Fund on September 30.
17-04-2015 10:47
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Thursday (Apr 16) played down talk of Greece delaying its debt payments, maintaining pressure on Athens as it runs out of money to pay.
17-04-2015 10:32
Spanish tax office agents on Thursday (Apr 16) searched the Madrid home of former IMF head Rodrigo Rato, who has already been charged in two graft cases, as part of a new money-laundering probe.
17-04-2015 09:37
Viet Nam was expected to maintain the second fastest growing economy in ASEAN-5 in 2015, according to the International Monetary Fund's latest World Economic Outlook.
15-04-2015 10:58
The IMF hiked its eurozone growth forecasts on Tuesday but warned the outlook was fragile, with the Ukraine crisis and uncertainty over Greece's future in the single currency bloc adding to concerns.
12-03-2015 11:01
The IMF handed Ukraine a US$17.5 billion lifeline on Wednesday (Mar 11) as the United States agreed to send military aid to bolster its forces against pro-Russian rebels - but stopped short of promising weapons.
05-03-2015 11:00
The IMF on Wednesday (Mar 4) ruled out a fresh bail-out for Sri Lanka, which had hoped to secure loans of more than US$4.0 billion to restructure expensive debt taken on by the previous regime.
02-02-2015 16:40
Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is accused of being part of a prostitution ring used by his entourage to organise sex parties for him in Brussels, Paris and Washington.
22-12-2014 10:21
Researchers from Oxford and Cambridge universities have drawn a link between IMF polices and the extent of the outbreak of Ebola in African countries worst affected. The IMF disputed the report's conclusions.