Lebanon parliament postpones budget talks, slowing IMF reform checklist
Lebanon’s parliament on Friday suspended talks on the 2022 budget after a walk-out by lawmakers sent attendance below quorum, further delaying efforts to complete requirements to access IMF funds to...
View ArticleIMF upgrades Cypriot economy 2022 growth rate compared to April forecast
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its forecast on the growth rate of the Cypriot economy in 2022 to 3.5 per cent of the GDP from 2.1 per cent that it expected in April 2022, while it...
View ArticleUkraine’s Marchenko to chair IMF, World Bank governing boards in 2023
The shareholders of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on Friday selected Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko as the next rotating chair of the boards of governors of both...
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Energy security, climate change and geopolitics
The scramble for quick solutions to secure affordable and reliable energy could imperil climate action There is no question that the energy crisis has forced governments to reconsider their priorities,...
View ArticleIMF executive board approves $3 bln Egypt extended arrangement
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board has approved a 46-month $3 billion financial support package for Egypt, saying it will catalyse additional funding of about $14 billion, the fund...
View ArticleTough year ahead for the global economy, IMF’s Georgieva warns
For much of the global economy, 2023 is going to be a tough year as the main engines of global growth – the United States, Europe and China – all experience weakening activity, the head of the...
View ArticleOil falls on rate hike worries, Russian export flows
Oil prices fell on Tuesday as the prospect of further interest rate increases and ample Russian crude flows outweighed demand recovery expectations from China. March Brent crude futures fell by $1.01,...
View ArticleCyprus economy has performed ‘remarkably’ says IMF official
The Cypriot economy has achieved remarkable performance in recent years amid a period of sustained instability, a senior official with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday. The...
View ArticleIMF lays out crypto action plan, recommends against legal tender status
The International Monetary Fund has laid out a nine-point action plan for how countries should treat crypto assets, with point number one a plea not to give cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin legal...
View ArticleCabinet looking at extending electricity subsidy past April but no guarantees...
The further extension of electricity subsidies will continue if the cabinet decides to continue with the support, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday, following reports that when the...
View ArticleIMF predicts Cyprus economy will grow by 2.5% this year
Cyprus’ economy will grow by 2.5 per cent this year as both inflation and unemployment recede, according to the latest forecast from the International Monetary Fund. In its April ‘World Economic...
View ArticleIMF forecasts Cyprus economy growth to slow to 2.5 per cent in 2023
The economy of Cyprus is expected to experience a slowdown, with growth projected to reach approximately 2.5 per cent in 2023, according to a report released on Tuesday by the International Monetary...
View ArticleOur View: IMF offers rational approach to CoLA
The taxpayer will have to provide another €60m that was not budgeted this year to pay for the increase in CoLA (from 50 to 67.7 per cent of the rise in the retail price index) that the government...
View ArticleCBC governor attends World Bank and IMF meetings in Morocco
Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) Constantinos Herodotou is participating in the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), taking place this week in the...
View ArticleCypriot economy: resilience and structural weaknesses
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The favourable assessments from the European Commission and the IMF, as well as the global rating agencies, demonstrate the satisfactory course of the...
View ArticleOur View: Government must listen to reason over relief measures
The answer to the barrage of criticism by opposition parties over the government’s decision not to extend the tax discount on fuel beyond last month was provided by the IMF, which was in Cyprus for 10...
View ArticleIMF committee acknowledges conflicts risk but opts against joint communique
The International Monetary Fund’s steering committee failed to issue a joint communique on Friday amid disagreements over wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, opting instead for a statement from the...
View ArticleCivil servants clash with IMF over state payroll
Civil service trade unions on Tuesday rejected the recommendations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which had called for the rationalisation of salary scales and expenditures related to the...
View ArticleOur View: Unions calling on govt to ignore IMF advice beggars belief
The leaders of unions representing public employees – teachers, civil servants, national guard officers, police, hospital doctors, nurses – met on Tuesday to discuss a study about public sector payroll...
View ArticleIMF outlook ‘vote of confidence’ for Cyprus
The International Monetary Fund’s revised outlook for Cyprus’ GDP growth for 2024 is “a vote of confidence” in the island, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. He was...
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