Thomas Helbling, Asia-Pacific deputy director at the International Monetary Fund, compares the region's economic outlook with the rest of the world's.

In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the IMF has maintained its global growth forecast for 2024 at 3.2 percent, consistent with its projection in July. Emerging and developing Asia ...

I n 1971 John Connally, then the American treasury secretary, told his European counterparts that the dollar was “our ...

Resident Representative in Pakistan, Esther Perez Ruiz, said the latest reforms under the new Extended Fund Facility ...

Iceland’s economy is outperforming most European peers after the nationwide introduction of a shorter working week with no ...

The property sector crisis remains the biggest stumbling block to a full-blown economic revival, analysts say, and the IMF issued a warning about the risks ahead. “Risks to the outlook are ...

The global post-Covid fight against inflation is over, while India’s growth has slipped. It’s time for the RBI to take stock ...

Kuwait equity index (All Share Index) gained 0.3% for the month driven by a slew of positive earnings results, while ...

China’s economic growth target of 5% this year is looking ambitious, given sluggish consumer spending, an uncertain outlook ...

Donald Trump’s political future is hanging in the balance of the presidential election this week. A major chunk of his fortune may be, too.

Economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa and Caucasus and Central Asia regions is projected to strengthen in the near term, but only to the extent that current challenges abate. Ongoing ...

according to the head of President William Ruto’s economic council. Kenya signed a four-year, $3.6 billion financing deal with the IMF amid the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021. That program expires in ...