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The gain in forex reserves during week ended June 27 was led by an increase in foreign currency assets, which surge by $5.75 billion to $594.82 billion.
Despite initial worries that greater exchange rate flexibility would trigger a temporary slump in the local currency, the market responded positively ...
Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Livestock Development K.D. Lalkantha asserted that the government would comply ...
Granting ad hoc, non-transparent and large tax exemptions in the past has created significant issues, obviously on the fiscal ...
Sri Lanka's private credit expanded 133 billion rupees in May 2025, up from 71 billion in April, while commercial bank credit ...
The landscape of external funding flows to sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has evolved significantly over the past two decades. This paper provides an overview of the non-official external financing sources, ...
I jointly estimate monthly series for GDP and eight subcomponents for the US since 1950. The series match 1) quarterly national accounts equivalents, 2) exact data on monthly consumption, and 3) past ...
MONROVIA – Former Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah has called on the Government of Liberia to redirect its investigation of the COVID-19 stimulus fund to the World Food ...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has authorized a $262.3 million disbursement for Ethiopia, taking total payments under Extended Credit Facility program to roughly $1.87 billion. • The new ...
Ethiopia said on Friday that it had signed a $1 billion financing agreement with the World Bank to support its economic ...
IMF has called on Ruto's administration to establish a clear and transparent framework for its ongoing privatisation of State ...
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has granted waivers to Sri Lanka over noncomplying purchases ...