The U.S.-based International Monetary Fund says global economic growth will be better than expected despite a slowdown in the ...

President Trump’s trade policies are less damaging than expected, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) upgrading the ...

Therefore, the joint call for IMF reforms by BRICS members is a response to the shifting global power structure. The reforms ...

The IMF works in a similar way. Its 191 member countries are assigned individual “quotas” based broadly on their relative positions in the world economy. These quotas are the primary building blocks ...

The IMF warns that trade tensions continue to cast a shadow over the global economy, with high uncertainty despite some trade ...

The IMF promotes global economic stability and growth through policy advice, financial support, and capacity building. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., it serves 191 member nations worldwide.

Member states’ adjustment efforts are expected to stabilize reserve coverage at around 4.3 months of prospective imports in the medium term, slightly below staff’s adequacy metrics for a resource-rich ...

Europe, in an unprecedented break with tradition, has decided to stay out of the running to chair the International Monetary Fund's main policy-setting committee, IMF board and European sources ...

The IMF said a 1.5-percentage-point decline in global growth would shave an estimated 1 percent from the growth of poorer countries in 2011-12 and have a large, negative impact on poverty.