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COLOMBO, March 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's finance minister spoke to a senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official on Monday, two sources said, as the island nation seeks help to cope to falling reserves, a falling currency and soaring…

Sri Lanka's current currency crisis and related economic problems will not end anytime soon, the main opposition party said on Wednesday. Harsha de Silva, main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) spokesperson for economic…

Pakistan's economy is on track to post "inclusive and sustainable growth" of up to 5% this year, which will help the country graduate from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in September, its top official said.Finance Minister Shaukat…

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lankan Water Supply Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara has said he will not attend the cabinet meeting or work at his desk in protest against the dismissal of two colleagues by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa…

Sri Lanka is open to talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other multilateral lenders for help, a cabinet spokesman said on Tuesday, as it faces its worst economic crisis. For years. "Sri Lanka has requested assistance…

BEIRUT – The Lebanese government on February 10 approved the finance bill for the year 2022, with plans to increase customs duties and impose new taxes. The budget will be discussed in parliament on February 21 for ratification. This…

Georgia's actual economic growth over the past year has been 2.5 times higher than originally forecast, with government savings in 2022 expected to approach the pre-pandemic mark, Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili said on…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the global recovery from the Covid pandemic is "compromised" by supply chain disruptions. They said supply bottlenecks are driving up costs, which threatens to derail the economic…

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the reopening of almost all economic and social sectors would continue to boost growth. - File photo by Hari Anggara KUALA LUMPUR, February 12 – The measures taken by the government…

KUALA LUMPUR (February 12): The government's measures to combat the economic crisis have increasingly borne fruit, as evidenced by the 3.1% growth in gross domestic product (GDP) recorded in 2021, said the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail…

London, UK © Sven Hansche / Shutterstock Because Brexit in 2016, the UK's growth rate was weak. Inflation is at its highest level in 30 years. By December 2021, it had risen to 5.4%. Wages have not kept!-->!-->…

Against the backdrop of a battered economy, on December 30, Pakistan's National Assembly introduced a "mini budget" that fails to address the growing problems caused by inflation that the government led by Prime Minister Imran hard to…