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  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Chinese economy
    China’s pivotal role under scrutiny as Zambia seeks debt relief

    Restructuring closely watched by other countries for signs of how Beijing will respond to defaults

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Lebanon
    Lebanese lenders claim IMF plan to seize assets breaks the law

    Proposal to seize assets labelled unlawful and unconstitutional

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    News in-depthInvestments
    Should investors step back into emerging markets?

    With stock prices gyrating, analysts are split over developing economies’ prospects in a post-pandemic world

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    UN warns of hunger risk as talks stall over Ukraine grain blockade

    Disputes persist over access to Black Sea port of Odesa as Kyiv fears more attacks

  • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
    Global economic growth
    World Bank warns of debt crisis risk as outlook worsens

    Washington-based institution slashes growth projections and cautions over 1980s-style defaults

  • Saturday, 28 May, 2022
    Global Economy
    Emerging markets hit by worst sell-off in decades

    Central banks’ rate rises, geopolitical risk and slowing growth trigger investors’ stampede for safety

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    Special ReportFTfm: Responsible Investing
    Nations in need seek more help on ‘green deal’ loans

    Access to finance to tackle climate change remains tight

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Global inflation
    Inflation returns to haunt Brazilians

    Memories of the 1980s and 1990s loom as prices rise at the fastest pace in two decades

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    News in-depthGlobal Economy
    World Bank and IMF balance sheets strained by global crises

    Multilateral institutions and donors differ on challenges posed by conflict in Ukraine, food inflation and climate change

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    EU looks to provide further emergency lending to Ukraine

    European Commission draws up new plans but Kyiv still faces substantial financing gap

  • Saturday, 30 April, 2022
    Currencies
    Pressure on Chinese renminbi hits other emerging market currencies

    Gains for commodity-rich nations have waned on economic growth concerns

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine needs $15bn over next three months, says IMF

    Kristalina Georgieva urges fund’s membership to provide aid to economy battered by Russia’s invasion

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    InterviewWar in Ukraine
    Ukraine appeals for financial support to ensure country’s ‘survival’

    Finance minister seeks immediate aid from allies to plug deficit amounting to several billion dollars a month

  • Saturday, 9 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    IMF opens account to channel donor funds to Ukraine

    Aid to be used to help Kyiv ‘meet its balance of payments’ and ‘help stabilise its economy’

  • Friday, 8 April, 2022
    Emerging market investing
    Emerging market fund managers face worsening outflows

    Ashmore among those facing withdrawals as investors weigh rising rates and geopolitical events, says BofA

  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    Global Economy
    Russia sanctions threaten to erode dominance of US dollar, says IMF

    Ukraine war could cause more ‘fragmentation’ in global financial system, warns top official

  • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
    Emerging markets
    Ukraine war will increase poverty in developing economies, warns World Bank

    Conflict’s disruption to trade threatens a debt crisis in dozens of low- and middle-income countries

  • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russia has destroyed $100bn of Ukraine’s economic assets, says Zelensky adviser

    Financial assistance from IMF and others will not cover the devastating hit to country’s output, economists say

  • Friday, 4 March, 2022
    Central bank intervention
    Eastern Europe central banks step in as currencies slide

    Interventions and interest rate rises tackle currency weakness sparked by invasion of Ukraine

  • Monday, 28 February, 2022
    Markets InsightEmerging markets
    Emerging markets recoil from Ukraine war shock

    Russian invasion adds to concerns over impact of higher prices for oil and other commodities

  • Friday, 25 February, 2022
    War in Ukraine: free to read
    How will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hit the global economy?

    Soaring energy prices alone could tip the world into a second recession in three years

  • Monday, 21 February, 2022
    G20
    Rich nations’ $60bn pledges to developing countries fall short of expectations

    Pandemic recovery donations from G20’s special drawing rights fail to reach $100bn target

  • Sunday, 20 February, 2022
    Ghana
    Pandemic financial response ignored poor countries’ concerns, says Ghana minister

    Measures aggravated problems for many countries now struggling to service debts, says Ken Ofori-Atta

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    The Big Read
    Emerging markets: all risk and few rewards?

    As inflation spirals and growth rates slow, the case for investing in emerging markets has rarely been weaker

  • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
    News in-depthGlobal Economy
    Emerging markets signal end to aggressive rate-raising cycles

    Brazil, Russia and others jumped ahead of the Fed to control inflation but may have stifled growth

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