Prime minister of India who brought in economic reforms and forged a new relationship with the US
November 2024
US cancels $1.1bn of Somalia’s debt in ‘historic’ financial agreement
Commitment by Mogadishu’s largest single lender is latest in series of deals to forgive ‘unsustainable’ $4.5bn debt
October 2024
Reeves needs faster UK growth than the OBR predicts for her budget to work
Reeves’s £40bn tax rises will boost growth ‘sustainably’, says IMF
‘There will be consequences’: budget may mean smaller pay rises, says Reeves
Rachel Reeves basks in IMF backing for UK budget rules overhaul
Business live
Global economy faces ‘anxious times’, warns IMF; Reeves says stability fiscal rule will mean higher taxes – as it happened
Reeves to announce major change to fiscal rules releasing £50bn for spending
IMF warns Trump trade tariffs could dent global economy as it upgrades UK outlook
Business live
IMF warns markets are underestimating geopolitical risks; UK faces a ‘narrow path’ on debt reduction – as it happened
While the IMF is upbeat about global growth it knows where dangers lurk
Observer business agenda
Debt will overshadow IMF gathering as World Bank boss pleads for poorest countries
Economics viewpoint
Degrowth needs to solve its image problem for the sake of the planet
Larry Elliott
Business live
Global public debt to hit $100tn this year, says IMF, as economic uncertainty threatens financial stability and growth – as it happened
IMF backs RBA not cutting interest rates and says phasing out tax breaks for property investors would be ‘equitable’
September 2024
Sri Lanka’s new president faces a problem shared by too many developing countries: austerity imposed by the west
Ahilan Kadirgamar
Anura Kumara Dissanayake wants a better deal from the IMF to reduce suffering during the country’s debt crisis, says the political economist Ahilan Kadirgamar
IMF postpones Russia visit after heavy criticism across Europe
Trip to Moscow to review economy delayed indefinitely after protests it would ‘normalise relations with aggressor’
Public Enemy review – anatomy of Greece’s economic crisis framed as epic tragedy
Economics viewpoint
One more item on Labour’s long to-do list: repair the UK aid budget
Larry Elliott
IMF plan to visit Russia to assess economy prompts dismay across Europe
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