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Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati has held a meeting with the senior executives of Goldman Sachs in Washington, D.C.

Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati will meet with his counterparts, executives of international organizations and global companies on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank meetings in Washington, D.C., this week.

Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek has sought to ease concerns over Turkey's democratic rule in the post-referendum era, claiming that the country "is not turning into an authoritarian regime" in a meeting with senior representatives from leading Western companies in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday confirmed its 2.5 pct GDP growth forecast for Serbia in 2016, as announced during a June visit to Belgrade by the IMF Mission.

At the annual IMF-World Bank autumn meetings in Washington, the IMF released its latest global economic forecast - the World Economic Outlook (WEO).

The Greek government has reportedly accepted to discuss an additional package of measures worth 3.5bln Euros in the event its proposal to the Quartet to raise 5.4bln Euros through tax hikes fails to produce any results.

The Greek government’s efforts to convince its lenders in Washington for a timely positive review on the adjustment program and exploit differences between the IMF and the EU institutions seems to have fallen through.

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos had a series of meetings in Washington during the IMF-World Bank summit in an effort to present his views on the progress of negotiations between the country and its lenders. On the sidelines of the Summit, Tsakalotos met with IMF Director Christine Lagarde and agreed that the IMF representatives would return to Athens next week.

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalaotos and Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis are expected to meet with IMF head Christine Lagarde and Poul Thomsen on Friday at IMF-World Bank meeting which starts today. Greek Ministers will meet tomorrow with Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem and probably with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.

IMF Director Christine Lagarde claimed that Greece’s economy could be salvaged, if the country’s debt was sustainable and it accelerated the necessary reforms, during a press conference held on Thursday. Ahead of Friday’s start of the IMF-World Bank meeting in Washington, Friday, the Fund’s head said the last thing Greece wanted would be any delays.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its biannual publications, World Economic Outlook (WEO) and Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR), during the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Lima this past week. Both reports contain grim warnings for Turkey.