KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — The manufacturing sector may face a downturn in the first quarter of next year (Q1 2023) due to global uncertainties, said the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM).

SINGAPORE, Oct 28 — Growth in the Asia and Pacific region is expected to slow down in 2022 and 2023 as the region is facing three formidable headwinds “which may prove to be persistent”, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

NEW DELHI, Oct 12 — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday cut its projection of India's economic growth in 2022 to 6.8 per cent, reported Xinhua.

TOKYO, Oct 12 — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut Asia's economic growth forecasts on Tuesday, with rising inflation forcing many central banks to tighten monetary policy even as exports face the brunt of slowing growth in trade partners such as the United States (US).

ANKARA, Oct 11 — The World Bank and IMF chiefs said Monday that the risk of recession in the global economy is growing due to rising interest rates and slowing economies around the world, reported Anadolu.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — The ringgit is likely to trend weaker against the US dollar next week following the expected stronger United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) data release, said an analyst.

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 — Pakistan needs financial help to deal with "overwhelming" floods, its foreign minister said on Sunday, adding that he hoped financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund would take the economic fallout into account.

DHAKA, July 28 — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday it would discuss with Bangladesh its loan request after the country became the third in South Asia to seek such support after Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its year-on-year economic growth forecast for Malaysia to 5.1 per cent in 2022 from 5.6 per cent previously, according to the fund's latest World Economic Outlook Update July 2022 (published on July 26).

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) international reserves amounted to US$107.0 billion as of July 15, 2022.

WASHINGTON, July 14 — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) plans to further downgrade its global growth projection later in July, Sputnik reported, quoting IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI, June 6 — There is no financial emergency in Pakistan but the government will come up with an austerity plan, the country's Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is optimistic that Malaysia’s economy will expand by 5.75 per cent in 2022, driven by pent-up domestic demand and continued strong external demand.

COLOMBO, April 29 — Domestic debt in the form of government securities and development bonds will not be restructured as restructuring external debt is a top priority for Sri Lanka, reported Xinhua, quoting the central bank governor on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, April 20 — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday slashed the global growth forecast for 2022 to 3.6 per cent amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, 0.8 percentage points lower than the January projection, according to its newly released World Economic Outlook report.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 — Malaysia’s economy is set for a gradual recovery from the Covid-19 downturn, with real gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 3.1 per cent in 2021 and projected to accelerate to about 5.75 per cent in 2022, according to the preliminary findings of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised downwards the 2021 economic outlook for Asean-5 countries by 0.6 per cent to 4.3 per cent, as the recent Covid-19 infection waves are causing a drag on activity.

WASHINGTON, June 2 — Vaccinating the world is the most effective way to boost global output in the near term, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva said Tuesday, warning that low vaccination rates in some countries are "dangerous" for everyone.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) maintains its forecast on Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth this year at 6.5 per cent, according to its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) report published yesterday.

WASHINGTON, March 24 — International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva said in a statement that she supports discussions about a possible new Special Drawing Rights allocation of US$650 billion (RM2.68 trillion) to support the global recovery from the novel coronavirus pandemic, reported Sputnik.