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As the world moves to increase rates, central bank slashes them
Neither current shortages nor the green transition may deliver the sustained high prices that exporters hope for
China’s economy will expand at roughly the same pace as the US next year, says BofA
World Bank and IMF are membership bodies with core shareholders who are not independent from geopolitics
Fund chief seeks to draw line under her alleged role in data rigging controversy
The fund’s managing director survived a first report, but a second due soon will reopen questions
Most borrowers not only preferred to keep paying during the pandemic, they took on even more debt
Government underpin to encourage lending during the pandemic has ended, leaving banks’ balance sheets vulnerable
US and Japan want fund chief out while European states are more supportive
Executives say agreement will come ‘very soon’ as Europeans keep support for managing director
Paris expected to back fund’s managing director on Friday but UK and Germany are waiting
How the availability of tools such as Crispr has led to an explosion of unchecked experiments and dangers associated with biohacking
IMF board will examine allegations Georgieva manipulated data to favour China in previous role
Letter from former World Bank employees says allegations constitute ‘form of institutional corruption’
Two major shareholders are at loggerheads, it barely serves as lender of last resort and now its credibility is in jeopardy
Allegations Kristalina Georgieva manipulated World Bank data have also fed a cultural divide about fund’s role
RHS judge Jon Wheatley reveals why growing our own fruit, vegetables — and even weeds — is good for both plate and planet
Borrowing costs at their highest level in more than seven years
Georgieva ‘fundamentally’ disagrees with claims dating from her time as CEO of global lender
Ankara raised $2.3bn in a bond deal this week but many remain sceptical of Erdogan government
Advanced nations have not woken up to size or persistence of pandemic shock in poorer countries, report suggests
Central banks face difficult monetary policy trade-off between taming increases and risking recovery
More than in the developed world, rising prices already pose a real threat to stability
Developing world provides fertile ground for the crypto market to take hold. Plus, Boris Johnson will announce a tax rise of more than £10bn a year, and Guinea coup leaders urge mining companies to keep operating
Sometimes dismissed as a fad in advanced economies, crypto holds more appeal in countries with a history of financial instability
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