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IMF

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IMF calls for countries to economise on energy supplies, and hails UK’s budget deficit improvement – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva gives a press conference in Washington DC

  • Economic shock from Iran war risks driving up global…

Speaking at an event at the IMF meetings in Washington, the Chancellor insisted she was not convinced the joint US-Israeli action had made the world 'safer'.
Aging populations and more price-sensitive bond markets are providing a dangerous backdrop for the latest war-driven surge in government spending.

Conflict is pushing up price of energy and food, fuelling higher borrowing costs and hitting growth, report says

  • Iran war escalation could trigger global recession, IMF warns

  • Business live – latest upd…

Donald Trump unloads another scathing attack on Keir Starmer – throwing out threats and casting doubt on the special relationship once again – raising fresh questions about what could happen next. Al…
The world’s economy has managed to withstand a great deal of chaos, but new IMF forecasts show that things could get worse

Ukraine war briefing: Orbán’s defeat in Hungary could unlock €90bn loan for Ukraine, says EU official

Ousted Viktor Orbán had previously blocked releasing funds; Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Iran war means US ‘has no time for Ukraine’. What we know on day 1,512

The change in Hungary’s government could hel…

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