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Bessent assails IMF and World Bank and says there's an 'opportunity for a big deal' with China
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has assailed the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank even as he tries to reassure ...
Trump, China and IMF warning: monitoring the mood in the market
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the Trump administration will resume student loan collections, after ...
Trump tariffs risk driving public debt to postwar high, says IMF
The IMF said in its latest Fiscal Outlook, published on Wednesday, that a 117 per cent global debt-to-GDP ratio would be the highest since the aftermath of the second world war. The ratio hit an ...
IMF chief economist, asked about Trump attacks on Powell, says central banks must preserve independence
The IMF's chief economist, asked on Tuesday about U.S. President Donald Trump's attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome ...
Gloomy economic forecast piles pressure on Reeves to secure trade deal with Trump
Gloomy economic forecast piles pressure on Reeves to secure trade deal with Trump - IMF downgrade lays bare the impact of ...
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Will Trump Finally Kill the Bretton Woods System?
For better and often for worse, the U.S.-led IMF and World Bank have dominated the post–World War II international economy.
Scott Bessent says the World Bank and IMF need a total overhaul: ‘Mission creep has knocked these institutions off course’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in remarks to the Institute of International Finance on Wednesday, said the two agencies ...