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IMF-World Bank meetings end with little tariff clarity, but economic foreboding
Global finance leaders came to Washington this past week seeking clarity on what it would take to get some relief from ...
Scott Bessent says the World Bank and IMF need a total overhaul: ‘Mission creep has knocked these institutions off course’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in remarks to the Institute of International Finance on Wednesday, said the two agencies ...
US exit from IMF would be true dollar shock: Mike Dolan
The U.S. dollar has suffered its worst start to any year since 1989 as the Trump administration has put forward once ...
Bessent says IMF and World Bank need reform and there’s an ‘opportunity for a big deal’ with China
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has played a balancing act trying to reassure nervous investors that the U.S. would maintain ...
Treasury Secretary Bessent Accuses IMF And World Bank Of "Mission Creep"
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke Wednesday to international economists attending IMF and World Bank spring meetings in ...
Ghana News Agency (GNA) on MSN9h
Bright Simons calls for structural reform in IMF, World Bank programmes
The Vice President of policy think tank, IMANI Africa, has called for reforms to programmes of the International Monetary ...
Premium Times1d
Musings from Washington: World Bank/IMF meetings end amid uncertainty as Trump’s tariff policies reverberate
The next meetings of the World Bank and IMF will be held in October, but expectations are high, and experts are waiting with ...
The Zimbabwe Mail20h
Zimbabwe Courts Energy Investors at IMF/World Bank Meetings Amid Power Deficit Concerns
Zimbabwe has stepped up efforts to attract new investments in its energy sector during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ...
Trump’s tariffs overshadow IMF and World Bank meetings
The spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank begin this week with a goal of keeping a low profile, ...
The Straits Times1d
IMF-World Bank meetings end with little tariff clarity, but economic foreboding
Many participants in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring Meetings had a sense that Mr Trump’s administration was still conflicted in its demands from trading partners hit ...