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Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said the International Monetary Fund should take a "pragmatic" approach to a bailout for Tunisia, in comments to other G7 leadersin Japan.

The North African country reached a deal in principle with the IMF in October for nearly $2 billion to shore up its troubled economy, but discussions have since stalled.

American business magnate Warren Buffett predicts new bankruptcies of American banks. Economists at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) speak of superficial stability with turmoil already manifesting below the surface.

About 30 years ago, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, ideas about the "free market" and its magical powers were becoming almost depressingly dominant.

BELGRADE - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission completed on Wednesday the first review under the current 24-month stand-by arrangement with Serbia, in place since December 2022, the Serbian Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.

In a statement, it said all objectives to date had been accomplished and that the IMF Board of Governors was due to approve the first review in June.

BELGRADE - The Serbian economy has shown resilience in the face of strong headwinds from high food and energy prices, weak trading partner growth, and tight global financial conditions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday after its mission completed the first review under a stand-by arrangement with Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with an International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation on Tuesday, noting that it had assessed the situation in Serbia as stable and commended the high level of foreign investment in the country.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met on Monday with an IMF Mission headed by Donal McGettigan as part of the first review under Serbia's current standby arrangement with the IMF, agreed in December 2022.

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) executive board has announced a $5.4 billion disbursement to Argentina, part of a $44 billion loan program as the South American nation faces a severe economic panorama.

Argentina is the target of the largest assistance program currently under IMF implementation.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva said yesterday that risks to financial stability have increased and called for continued vigilance although actions by advanced economies have calmed market stress.

BELGRADE - Serbia has met all its commitments from an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but public enterprises - above all, the power company EPS - pose the highest risk to reforms, says Milojko Arsic, editor of the economic publication Kvartalni monitor.