Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security

The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster....

IMF WARNING: Global economic crisis is far from over. Despite tentative signs of recovery.

Speaking in the run-up to the IMF's spring meeting in Washington, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, its managing director, said: “Despite some red lights and green lights ... our belief is the crisis is far from over. We have long months of economic stress in front of us.”

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UK facing economic disaster: IMF

The world faces its worst recession since the Second World War, with the UK on course to be bottom of the international growth league among the major advanced economies, according to the latest forecasts from the International Monetary Fund…

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Source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk

With Japan in Recession, IMF Needs Money

Japan became the latest major economy to fall into recession on Monday with France close behind, and the IMF said it needed at least $100 billion to fight an economic crisis enveloping the world.

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Source: calgary herald

Gloom May Deepen In Japan

Japan reported a sharp drop-off in wholesale inflation for October, with slowing demand for goods spurring fear that deflation stalks a global economy that as recently as mid-year was menaced by surging prices...

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Source: cnbc