Many participants in the Spring Meetings had a sense that Trump's admin was still conflicted in its demands from trading partners
Worldwide economic output will slow in the months ahead as US President Donald Trump's steep tariffs on virtually all trading partners begin to bite
The time is right for Bangladesh to move towards a more flexible exchange rate regime, said Chris Papageorgiou, mission chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Bangladesh.
IMF presents target, revises GDP growth to 4%
The International Monetary Fund's move to disburse the fourth and fifth tranches of a $4.7 billion loan together was a mutual decision, the finance ministry said in a press release yesterday.
The International Monetary Fund has set a prior condition for introducing a full 15 percent statutory VAT rate on 213 products before placing the $645 million loan proposal for the fourth tranche to its executive board.
The $2.9 billion loan secured early last year required Colombo to sharply raise taxes, remove generous energy subsidies and agree to restructure more than 50 loss-making state enterprises.
The swift agreement, which comes just over two months after the last one, will provide Ukraine with a large injection of funds amid Russia's ongoing assault on the country, which entered its 1000th day on Tuesday.
China's leaders are targeting annual growth of five percent this year -- a goal challenged by weak consumption and a prolonged and debilitating debt crisis in the colossal property sector
Many participants in the Spring Meetings had a sense that Trump's admin was still conflicted in its demands from trading partners
Worldwide economic output will slow in the months ahead as US President Donald Trump's steep tariffs on virtually all trading partners begin to bite
The time is right for Bangladesh to move towards a more flexible exchange rate regime, said Chris Papageorgiou, mission chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Bangladesh.
IMF presents target, revises GDP growth to 4%
The International Monetary Fund's move to disburse the fourth and fifth tranches of a $4.7 billion loan together was a mutual decision, the finance ministry said in a press release yesterday.
The International Monetary Fund has set a prior condition for introducing a full 15 percent statutory VAT rate on 213 products before placing the $645 million loan proposal for the fourth tranche to its executive board.
The $2.9 billion loan secured early last year required Colombo to sharply raise taxes, remove generous energy subsidies and agree to restructure more than 50 loss-making state enterprises.
The swift agreement, which comes just over two months after the last one, will provide Ukraine with a large injection of funds amid Russia's ongoing assault on the country, which entered its 1000th day on Tuesday.
China's leaders are targeting annual growth of five percent this year -- a goal challenged by weak consumption and a prolonged and debilitating debt crisis in the colossal property sector
After the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund has now brought down Bangladesh’s growth forecast for this year as political uncertainty, industrial unrest and floods weigh heavily on economic activities.
