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IMF wants market-base rupee value | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pressed Pakistan to let its currency gain the real value amid the country’s tighter currency controls, which have now created a black market for dollars and also discouraging foreign inflows through regular channels. However, Islamabad has not accepted the IMF’s stance on the grounds that the State…
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Egypt’s IMF deal to reduce govt debt | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] CAIRO: The International Monetary Fund’s new $3 billion financial support package for Egypt aims to reduce government debt to less than 80% of gross domestic product (GDP) in the medium term, a cabinet report released on Saturday said. The IMF did not require the Egyptian government to cut spending on subsidies, the report said,…
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TSA deadline will be missed: IMF | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will miss its end-December deadline to close all bank accounts maintained by the public sector entities and defence ministry in commercial banks, and transfer the money to the central bank, reveal findings from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The cumulative balance in these accounts amounts to about Rs2.9 trillion. There was also…
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Dollar liquidity crunch, IMF limbo weakens rupee against dollar
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[ad_1] A representational image of $100 notes. — AFP/File Owing to uncertainty surrounding the delay in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) funding and depleting foreign exchange reserves, the Pakistani rupee on Thursday depreciated for the fourth consecutive week. The local unit closed at 224.37 against the greenback after losing 0.09% compared to Wednesday’s close of 224.16, the…
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Loan projections shared with IMF | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan still hopes to get a total of $32 billion in foreign funds in the current fiscal year, as it has largely kept unchanged its old projections, except for commercial loans and sovereign bonds, show new details shared with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The estimates include budgetary loans of $23 billion, grants…
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China has room for further ‘recalibration’ of zero-COVID policy: IMF
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[ad_1] Chinese residents in Japan and supporters stage a rally to protest against China´s Zero Corona policy and the dictatorial rule of the Chinese Communist Party in Tokyo on November 30, 2022 as part of candlelight vigil for victimes of 11.24 Urumqi fire. — AFP/File WASHINGTON: China has room to adjust its strict zero-COVID policy,…
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IMF seeks flood recovery plan to unlock loan | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s timely finalisation of a recovery plan from devastating floods is essential to support discussions and continued financial support from multilateral and bilateral partners, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday. Pakistan was already battling a full-blown economic crisis, with decades-high inflation and dwindling foreign exchange reserves, when it was hit by…
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‘Unrealistic’ flood cost baffles IMF | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday had to concede to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) demand to exhibit the flood reconstruction cost in this year’s budget after the global lender found the projected relief operation estimates of Rs251 billion or $1.1 billion “unrealistic”. The Rs251 billion estimates that the finance ministry had shared with the IMF…
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IMF to ‘sympathetically’ consider targeted assistance for poor in ninth review
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[ad_1] A file photo of the IMF. ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to sympathetically consider targeted assistance for the poor and vulnerable in the ninth review of the Fund’s deal for the country, the Ministry of Finance said Thursday. According to the statement issued by the Finance Division, Pakistan and the IMF will…
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Dar seeks greater policy support from IMF and donors amid flood catastrophe
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[ad_1] Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. — APP/screengrab WASHINGTON: In view of the climate-induced flood catastrophe and economic losses suffered by the country, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Sunday urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and multilateral donors to offer greater policy support to Pakistan. Addressing a meeting of MENAP (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and…
