
Countries must 'make the best' of new multipolar world: IMF chief
World 15:09 18/04/2025Washington (AFP) – Countries have no choice but to "make the best" of the fragmentation of the global economy by boosting ties with regional and like-minded countries, the head of the International Monetary Fund said in an interview Thursday.

World economy menaced by too much financial risk: IMF
Economy 22:00 08/10/2014Jose Vinals, the IMF's top financial counsellor, said that not enough of the easy money pumped into economies by advanced countries' central banks is going into economic activities that support growth.

IMF chief charged with 'negligence' over graft case
World 20:30 27/08/2014The shock announcement came a day after she was grilled for more than 15 hours by a special court in Paris that probes ministerial misconduct

Star economist takes helm of India's central bank
Economy 19:00 04/09/2013Rajan, a former IMF chief economist, replaced Duvvuri Subbarao as governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which has been battling to prop up the plummeting rupee and reverse a sharp economic slowdown.