Thailand ready to host IMF–World Bank Group annual meetings in October
THAILAND is fully ready to host the 2026 annual meetings of International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group in October with this being the second time the country is hosting this event which is termed as the Olympics of finance and economics and expected to attract over 15,000 participants, PPTVHD36 said today (Sep. 4). Back in […]
Read MoreG7 presses IMF for Ukraine aid as Yellen says Russia hurting
By AFP and published by CNA Bengaluru – G7 finance chiefs pressed the IMF on Thursday (Feb. 23) to urgently provide more aid to war-stricken Ukraine on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion. “On February 24 last year, Russia launched its illegal, unjustifiable, and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, which […]
Read MoreIMF sees ‘exceptional uncertainty’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Jan 26 raised its forecast for global economic growth in 2021 and said the coronavirus-triggered downturn last year would be nearly a full percentage point less severe than expected. It said multiple vaccine approvals and the launch of vaccinations in some countries in December had boosted hopes […]
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