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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
4/20/2022 4:06:00 PM
Division Chief in the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department Paolo Medas explains how the crisis in Ukraine could affect food prices and debt levels in Egypt and the Middle East region to Al-Ahram Weekly.
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World
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International
4/20/2022 2:55:14 PM
Police enforced a curfew on Wednesday in a Sri Lankan town where an anti-government demonstrator was killed, a death that triggered international condemnation just as the crisis-hit country seeks an IMF bailout.
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Business
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Economy
4/20/2022 2:47:48 PM
Egypt’s general government gross debt to GDP ratio is expected to jump to 94 percent in 2022, up from 93.5 percent in 2021, before winding down to 89.6 percent in 2023 and then declining to 80.7 percent by 2027, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday.
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Business
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Economy
4/19/2022 8:16:45 PM
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is having economic repercussions on Egypt including rising financial needs, an elevated rate of inflation, and limited fiscal space, the assistant director of monetary and capital markets at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ranjit Singh told Ahram Online.
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Business
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Economy
4/19/2022 4:36:01 PM
Emerging markets are expected to lose 30 percent of capital inflows, up from 20 percent projected in October, driven by the Russian war in Ukraine, the IMF said on Tuesday.
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Business
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Economy
4/19/2022 3:12:15 PM
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its projections for Egypt's real GDP growth in 2022 by 0.3 percent to reach 5.9 percent, up from 5.6 percent expected in January, before slowing down to 5 percent in 2023, the Fund announced on Tuesday.
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World
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International
4/19/2022 1:01:06 PM
Global finance leaders are putting the growing crisis over food insecurity and skyrocketing food prices at center stage as members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank meet in Washington and grapple with the brutal effects of Russia's war against Ukraine.
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Business
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Economy
4/18/2022 5:00:14 PM
The annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) kicked off in Washington DC on Monday, with the key theme expected to focus on the repercussions of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and COVID-19 on the global economy.
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Business
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Economy
4/14/2022 3:19:40 PM
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will revise down the real GDP growth of 143 economies – accounting for 86 percent of global GDP – following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday.
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Business
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Economy
4/14/2022 1:50:00 PM
The executive board of International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved establishing a new Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST), which aims to help low-income and vulnerable middle-income countries address longer-term structural challenges that pose macroeconomic risks, including climate change and pandemics, the fund announced on Wednesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
4/12/2022 10:09:10 PM
The present wave of inflation could last through early 2023, experts tell Doaa A. Moneim
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
4/12/2022 9:52:21 PM
Having reached an agreement with the IMF, can the current Lebanese government succeed where the previous one failed, asks Rabha Seif Allam
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
4/10/2022 10:34:57 PM
The World Bank issued dire forecasts for Ukraine as Russia's invasion impacts both the country and its neighbors, warning in a report released Sunday of an even bleaker economic outlook if the conflict drags on.
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Business
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Economy
4/5/2022 3:55:51 PM
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimated that the cumulative output loss caused by the pandemic globally to reach $13.8 trillion by 2024.
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Business
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Economy
4/4/2022 4:45:33 PM
Fitch Solutions upgraded Egypt’s real GDP growth forecast to 5.5 percent in 2022, up from the 5.3 percent it projected in February, which is the government’s target for the year, according to Fitch Solutions’ MENA Monthly Outlook Report.
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Business
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Economy
3/30/2022 7:25:53 PM
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva praised on Wednesday the rapid response of Egypt’s government to address the repercussions of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict as well as the increase in the prices of food, basic materials, and transport.
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Business
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Economy
3/29/2022 5:16:48 PM
Global inflation is expected to jump by 1.5 percent in 2022, driven by the Ukrainian-Russian conflict and its associated impacts, particularly the soaring costs of shipping, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday.
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Business
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Economy
3/27/2022 12:25:04 PM
Egypt’s anticipated programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will target preserving the country’s gains from the previous economic reform programme, Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait said on Saturday.
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Egypt
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Politics
3/24/2022 10:39:57 AM
Egypt said on Wednesday that it has requested discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about a new programme that "possibly includes additional financing" to support the country's plans for comprehensive economic reforms.
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Business
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Economy
3/23/2022 8:19:46 PM
Egypt has officially requested support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to implement the country’s comprehensive economic program amid the ongoing global challenges, the IMF announced on Wednesday, without revealing further details.
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