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Bookmark or Share- Cyberattacks threaten global financial stability, IMF warns | World ...Image: IMF. In the past two decades, nearly one-fifth of reported cyber incidents have affected the global financial sector, causing $12 billion in direct losses to financial firms, according to the IMF’s Global Financial Stability Report. Since 2020, direct losses amounted to an estimated $2.5 billion. "While largely recognized as leaders ...
- Lessons for the IMF from the Greek crisis | World Economic Forum(2) Equally important, the IMF failed to prioritise a strategy for Greece to regain competitiveness. The programme initially made a correct diagnosis of Greece’s major competitiveness problem. The problem was a result of the pre-crisis Ponzi scheme with ever-increasing deficits financing higher public salaries and rising pensions.
- Top economy news: China's GDP forecasts raised by IMF | World Economic ...It now expects China's economy to grow by 5.4% this year, up from its previous forecast of 5%. However, the IMF also warns of slower growth next year, projecting that China's GDP will expand by 4.6% in 2024 – up from a 4.2% forecast in October – due to weakness in the property sector and subdued export demand.
- IMF, World Bank increase sub-Saharan Africa’s representation | World ...The IMF and the World Bank have supported the African continent substantially during the pandemic and the repercussions of the war in Ukraine. Between 2020 and 2022 the IMF alone has provided sub-Saharan Africa with more than 50 billion dollars – over twice the amount spent in every decade since the 1990s. It has lent money to 21 countries ...
- IMF: What does the world’s ‘financial firefighter’ do? | World Economic ...First, the IMF tries to promote financial stability through surveillance mechanisms. This entails the monitoring of debt levels, fiscal policies and overall economic health in member countries. It can provide policy advice to governments or regional blocs. In 2022, for instance, the IMF urged El Salvador to suspend its use of Bitcoin as a legal ...
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