Pakistan has rejected the demand made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to freeze salaries of government employees. Sources close to the matter informed Dunya News that IMF, during budget talks with Pakistan via two online digital meetings, urged for spending cuts in the next budget.

Pakistan rejects IMF demand to freeze salaries of govt employees

The IMF has asked cash-strapped Pakistan to freeze salaries of government employees and adhere to the fiscal consolidation path by showing a nominal primary deficit in the new budget due to the unsustainable public debt that is set to hit 90 per cent of the total value of the national economy.

IMF asks Pakistan to freeze government employees' salaries to cut public debt

The global economy will take much longer to recover fully from the shock caused by the new coronavirus than initially expected, the head of the International Monetary Fund said, and she stressed the danger of protectionism.

IMF chief warns full global economic recovery unlikely in 2021

IMF projects global growth in 2020 to fall to -3 percent. This is a downgrade of 6.3 percentage points from January 2020, a major revision over a very short period. This makes the Great Lockdown the worst recession since the Great Depression, and far worse than the Global Financial Crisis.

IMF projects global GDP to contract by 3% in 2020

IMF has predicted the global GDP to contract by 3% in 2020. Economic indicators of several countries are showing that any recovery will be tough to achieve. WION's Palki gets you a report on the economic scars of the pandemic.

Coronavirus: IMF projects deeper global downturn | Gravitas

In an exclusive conversation with WION, IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath has said that India's GDP growth will fall to 0.5% in this calendar year. WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you more.

Gravitas: IMF Chief Economist: India to grow at 0.5% in 2020 | Exclusive

In this segment of Straight Talk WION in an exclusive conversation spoke to IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath on coronavirus crisis hitting the developed and emerging economies. How the world economies are dealing with the coronavirus crisis?

WION exclusive Straight Talk with IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath on World Economy

In this segment of Straight Talk, WION in an exclusive conversation spoke to IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath on India's GDP growth in 2020.

WION exclusive Straight Talk with IMF Chief Economist  Gita Gopinath on Indian Economy

In this segment of Straight Talk WION in an exclusive conversation spoke to IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath on coronavirus crisis hitting the developed and emerging economies.

WION Exclusive: Straight talk with IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath

As the global oil markets remain under intense pressure, it seems like there is no quick recovery for the global crude prices from the historical fall witnessed recently.

Cheap crude to be a new normal, oil income-dependent economies will have to diversify: IMF's chief economist Gita Gopinath

The pandemic Coronavirus (COVID-19) derail the global economy. The alarm bell rings at International Monetary Fund & the world bank.

Pandemic COVID-19 derail the global economy, pressure mounts on IMF & world bank

The coronavirus pandemic has derailed the global economy. And the pressure is building on World Bank and International Monetary Fund to help the poor countries. This report tells you how the world is coping with it.

What can happen to various economies due to coronavirus pandemic?

According to the IMF, the world economy could lose $9 trillion due to the Coronavirus outbreak. WION's Palki Sharma tells you how is the world coping with the economic repercussions of this outbreak.

Gravitas: World Economy could lose $9 Trillion | Coronavirus

These are unprecedented times for the global economy and that is an understatement. But, the pandemic has set back the global economy by decades. Also read: How is the Chinese economy's shrinkage reconfiguring the global economy?

Coronavirus has brought world economy on its knees, is a global recession inevitable?

The IMF predicts that India will be the least affected by a global recession. Meanwhile, Austria has begun relaxing lockdown measures. WION's Palki Sharma gets you the biggest developments from across the world for Tuesday.

Gravitas: The big global developments for April 14 | Wuhan Coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic is pushing the global economy into its deepest recession in a century, cutting world output by three per cent this year, and the crisis could get worse, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday.

Pandemic causing deep recession, and it could get worse: IMF

The global economy will contract by 3% this year as countries around the world shrink at the fastest pace in decades

Is the world prepared for the worst recession

The International Monetary Fund on Monday announced immediate debt relief for 25 poor countries to help them free up funds to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

IMF approves debt relief for 25 poor countries

The International Monetary Fund on Monday announced immediate debt relief for 25 poor countries to help them free up funds to fight the coronavirus pandemic. "This provides grants to our poorest and most vulnerable members to cover their IMF debt obligations for an initial phase over the next six months and will help them channel more of their scarce financial resources towards vital emergency medical and other relief efforts," IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a statement.

IMF approves debt relief for 25 poor countries to help them address coronavirus pandemic

The chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Geeta Gopinath is addressing the media live. Watch video.

IMF's grim forecast for global economy: Chief economist Geeta Gopinath addresses media

The International Monetary Fund(IMF) said on Tuesday that the coronavirus pandemic recovery would take a more coordinated stimulus. "The cumulative loss to global GDP over 2020 and 2021 from the pandemic crisis could be around $9 trillion, greater than the economies of Japan and Germany combined," it said.

India's growth rate to be 1.9% in 2020: IMF report

Tentative signs of hope emerged Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic was peaking, as the European Union sealed a rescue package to help the hard-hit continent.

European Union strikes rescue deal as hopes rise of coronavirus easing

The biggest headline to emerge today is from the international monetary fund. The IMF chief has said that the coronavirus could trigger the worst fallout since the 1930s great depression.

IMF says coronavirus could trigger worst fallout since the 1930s

The IMF has postponed the second review of its $6 billion bailout package for cash-strapped Pakistan scheduled on Friday, citing a delay by the country in implementing the agreed actions, a media report said on Tuesday.

IMF postpones the second review of $6 billion bailout package for Pakistan

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