October 7, 2016/Fitch Ratings Frontier Markets Quarterly Sovereign debt levels and debt servicing costs have risen in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in recent years and will continue to do so in 2016 and 2017, Fitch Ratings says. The high share of concessional debt means that interest costs are not excessive for […]
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IMF, global finance leaders fret over populist backlash
6/10/2016/Reuters By David Lawder | WASHINGTON World finance leaders on Thursday decried a growing populist backlash against globalization and pledged to take steps to ensure trade and economic integration benefited more people currently left behind. Their comments at the start of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank fall meetings […]
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Expresses Sympathy to Victims of the Hurricane Matthew in the Caribbean
October 6, 2016/IMF Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today: “I would like express our deep concern and sympathy for the countries affected by Hurricane Matthew—the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean in almost a decade. We are very saddened by the […]
