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Motorcyclists drive through a flooded road caused by heavy rainfall, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan’s premier says he hopes the IMF will decide on the bailout for his country in a day or two

Associated Press

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva walks to the podium during the 2022 annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group on Oct. 14, 2022, in Washington. Heads of state, finance leaders and activists from around the world will converge in Paris this week to seek ways to overhaul the world's development banks — like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank — and help them weather a warmer and stormier world.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Paris summit aims to shake up the financial system. It will test leaders’ resolve on climate

By FATIMA Hussein and Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to reporters in the Treaty Room before a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department, April 27, 2023, in Washington. From the ashes of World War II, three institutions were created as linchpins of a new global order. Now, in an unusual move the top official in one, Guterres, is pressing for major changes in the other two. Guterres says the International Monetary Fund has benefited rich countries instead of poor ones. And he describes the IMF and World Bank’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a “glaring failure” that left dozens of countries deeply indebted. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

U.N. steps up criticism of IMF, World Bank, the other pillars of the post-World War II global order

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

People wait their turn to get free food distributed by volunteers outside a camp of internally displaced people from coastal areas due to Cyclone Biparjoy approaching, in Sujawal, Pakistan's southern district in the Sindh province, Thursday, June 15, 2023. A vast swath of western India and neighboring southern Pakistan that suffered deadly floods last year are bracing for a new deluge as fast-approaching Cyclone Biparjoy whirls toward landfall Thursday. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)

IMF slams new Pakistan budget proposal, says government failing to implement a more fair tax system

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Ukraine’s economy shows ‘resilience’ from Russian attacks, IMF says as it backs aid

By David McHugh - Associated Press

Paramilitary troops and police officers stand guard outside a court where Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan is scheduled to appear in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Khan on Tuesday pressed his legal battle before a court in the capital, Islamabad, which granted him protection from arrest until early next month in several cases where he faces terrorism charges for inciting violence. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan’s ex-premier Imran Khan softens demand for snap vote amid crackdown on party

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva arrives in Downing Street for a Cabinet meeting, in London, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (James Manning/PA via AP)

U.K. economy to avoid recession, but inflation still a worry, IMF says

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Sri Lankan Buddhist monks wait for the arrival of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Mattala Rajapaksa International Air Port in Mattala, Sri Lanka, Monday, March 18, 2013. The Chinese-funded airport built in the president’s hometown away from most of the country’s population is so barely used that elephants have been spotted wandering on its tarmac. (AP Photo/Sanka Gayashan, File)

China’s loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse

By Bernard Condon - Associated Press

People drive towards the city of Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. The IMF delivered modest upgrades to the economies of the United States and Europe, which have proven more resilient than expected in the face of higher interest rates and shock of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The European Central Bank appears at center, rear. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

IMF: Prolonged high inflation dims outlook for world economy

By Paul Wiseman and Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

People visit a shopping mall in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Authorities on Wednesday ordered shopping malls and markets to close by 8:30 p.m. as part of a new energy conservation plan aimed at easing Pakistan's economic crisis, officials said. The move comes amid talks with the International Monetary Fund. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Pakistan orders malls to close early amid economic crisis

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Risk of recession rising as Russian invasion of Ukraine, inflation hit global economy, IMF warns

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A woman walks past a headline posted on a wall in London, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. The British pound has stabilized in Asian trading after plunging to a record low, as the Bank of England and the British government try to soothe markets nervous about a volatile U.K. economy. The instability is having real-world impacts, with several British mortgage lenders withdrawing deals amid concern that interest rates may soon rise sharply. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Bank of England to buy U.K. bonds to avert financial risk

By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

FILE - Pakistan's Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa arrive to attend a military parade to mark Pakistan National Day in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Officials say Pakistan’s powerful army chief in a rare move this week, Saturday, July 30, contacted Washington, urging U.S. authorities to use their influence to secure an early release of a key $1.7 billion installment from the International Monetary Fund. The latest development comes as Islamabad struggles to stave off a deepening economic crisis. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Pakistan military chief seeks U.S. help on release of IMF loan

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

An investor monitors a stock index on a screen while brokers work at their desks at the Pakistan Stock Exchange, which responded positively after the news of an International Monetary Fund bailout package, in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, July 14, 2022. The IMF said Thursday it had reached a preliminary agreement with Pakistan to revive a $6 billion bailout package for this impoverished Islamic nation, which has been facing a serious economic crisis since last year. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

IMF reaches preliminary deal with Pakistan on $6B bailout

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Protesters dance shouting slogans against president Gotabaya Rajapaksa outside his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The president of Sri Lanka fled the country early Wednesday, slipping away in the middle of the night only hours before he was to step down amid a devastating economic crisis that has triggered severe shortages of food and fuel. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

What’s happened and what’s next in Sri Lanka

Associated Press

Protesters stand on a vandalised police water canon truck and shout slogans at the entrance to president's official residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Why Sri Lanka’s economy collapsed and what’s next

By Krishan Francis and Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

Protesters react as a tear gas shell fired by police lands next to them in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 9, 2022. Sri Lankan protesters demanding that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign forced their way into his official residence on Saturday, a local television report said, as thousands of people took to the streets in the capital decrying the island nation's worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Amitha Thennakoon)

Sri Lanka Parliament speaker: President to resign Wednesday

By Krishan Francis - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 14, 2020 file photo, people crowd a street a few hours ahead of curfew in Cairo, Egypt. The world’s economy is forecast to grow around 3.6% this year, but Arab oil exporters are seeing a windfall from high energy prices that will buoy their economies and replenish their financial reserves this year and next. A report released Wednesday, April 27, 2022, by the International Monetary Fund says those hard-hit in the Mideast are oil importers and countries like Egypt that also rely heavily on food imports from the Black Sea region, where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has impacted exports like sunflower oil, barley and wheat worldwide. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

IMF sees bumper year for Arab oil producers, risk for others

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

Citing Russia’s war, IMF cuts global growth forecast to 3.6%

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

FILE - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks to the Atlantic Council, on April 13, 2022, in Washington. Yellen plans to meet with Ukraine's prime minister Denys Shmyhal during this week's spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington. At the same time, she'll be trying to avoid contact with Russian officials who plan attend some Group of 20 portions of the event. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Finance heads urged to boost fight against food insecurity

By Fatima Hussein and Paul Wiseman - Associated Press