MUMBAI, May 3- India's foreign exchange reserves. rose to $296.37 billion as of April 26, from $294.76 billion in the previous week, the central bank said on Friday. Foreign exchange reserves include India's Reserve Tranche position in the International Monetary Fund.
BUCHAREST, May 2- Romania's central bank may cut interest rates sooner than it had agreed with the International Monetary Fund, its governor Mugur Isarescu said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, May 1- The International Monetary Fund's executive board on Wednesday approved a $932.2 million four-year lending agreement with Jamaica that is meant to help the Caribbean country start to reduce its heavy debt burden.
WASHINGTON, May 1- The International Monetary Fund's executive board on Wednesday approved a $932.2 million four-year lending agreement with Jamaica that is meant to help the debt-ridden Caribbean country start to reduce its heavy debt burden.
CAIRO, April 30- Egypt's Finance Minister appointed his economic adviser Abdallah Shehata to manage negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, days after former negotiator Hany Kadry Dimian resigned, state news agency MENA said on Tuesday.
*Libya's fuel subsidies among most generous in world. The International Monetary Fund estimates over 14 percent of Libya's budget or about $7 billion will be swallowed up by subsidies for food and fuel, which the government says are ineffective because they encourage smuggling and fail to target those most in need of state help.
KUWAIT, April 30- Kuwait cannot start imposing taxes on citizens because the quality of public services in the Gulf Arab state is not good enough, a parliamentary committee told the International Monetary Fund, local media reported on Tuesday.
BUCHAREST, April 29- Romania wants to delay a bourse listing of Nuclearelectrica, a commitment under a 5 billion euro International Monetary Fund aid deal, by up to six months from the previously planned May, its energy minister told Reuters on Monday.
GREECE PASSES REFORM LAW TO UNLOCK MORE EU/IMF RESCUE LOANS. Greek lawmakers on Sunday approved a reform law to unlock about 8.8 billion euros of rescue loans from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. EURO ZONE SET TO APPROVE 2.8 BLN EUROS FOR GREECE ON MONDAY.
SINGAPORE, April 29- Asia needs to guard against asset bubbles and its emerging economies must improve government institutions and liberalise rigid labour and product markets if they wish to reach the level of developed countries, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday.
*Egypt seeking $4.8 billion loan from IMF. CAIRO, April 28- A key Egyptian negotiator with the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday he has resigned as first deputy finance minister, in a potential blow to Cairo's prospects of an early IMF deal.
ATHENS, April 28- Greek lawmakers on Sunday approved a reform law to unlock about 8.8 billion euros of rescue loans from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. The law implements an agreement Athens struck with EU/IMF inspectors earlier this month, which allowed them to state that the country was on track to meet its bailout targets.
CAIRO, April 28- A key Egyptian negotiator with the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday he has resigned as first deputy finance minister, in a potential blow to Cairo's prospects of an early IMF deal.
CAIRO, April 28- A key Egyptian negotiator with the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday he has resigned as first deputy finance minister, in a potential blow to Cairo's prospects of an early IMF deal.
CAIRO, April 28- A key Egyptian negotiator with the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday he has resigned as first deputy finance minister, in a potential blow to Cairo's prospects of an early IMF deal.
CAIRO, April 28- A key Egyptian negotiator with the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday he has resigned as first deputy finance minister, in a potential blow to Cairo's prospects of an early IMF deal.
PRAGUE, April 25- Policymakers in emerging Europe should help banks resolve bad loans and find more local sources of funding to avoid the cycle of boom and bust fanned by an ownership model dominated by foreign lenders, the IMF said on Friday.
MUMBAI, April 26- India's foreign exchange reserves. fell to $294.76 billion as of April 19, from $295.25 billion in the previous week, the central bank said on Friday. Foreign exchange reserves include India's Reserve Tranche position in the International Monetary Fund.