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IMF warns of 'vulnerability' in Malta’s exposure to real estate loans
07 Feb 2026 14:20 GMT
… loans poses a vulnerability to Malta’s financial sector, the International Monetary Fund (IMF … liquidity buffers and low loan default levels.
It also … 72% of the private loan portfolio by mid-2025 … rental property, the IMF said.
While loan defaults are mitigated …
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Labour-intensive economic growth model approaching its limits, IMF warns
07 Feb 2026 14:10 GMT
… be approaching its limits, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has noted.
In its … report on Malta, the IMF acknowledged Malta’s impressive … for 72% of the private loan portfolio.
Structural challenges, … upskilling.
According to the IMF, the outlook for the …
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Pakistan meets 3 out of 5 IMF goals
07 Feb 2026 01:41 GMT
… by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the next $1 billion loan tranche … the government delivered on three IMF conditions. It achieved the … s enforcement measures.
The IMF has set multiple fiscal … talks pertaining to the fourth loan tranche of $1 billion …
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VAT for individual entrepreneurs: Bloomberg learned about Ukraine's desire to soften a "key condition" for a new IMF loan
06 Feb 2026 12:38 GMT
… individual entrepreneurs, which the International Monetary Fund demands as a condition for … received preliminary approval for the loan in November. It is … now awaiting approval by the IMF's executive board, … their costs.
"The IMF seems more flexible in …
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Ukraine seeks to soften key condition for new IMF loan, Bloomberg News reports
06 Feb 2026 10:22 GMT
Feb 6 (Reuters) – Ukraine is seeking to soften an unpopular tax bill demanded by the International Monetary Fund as a condition to unlock more than $8 billion under a financing programme, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with …
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Zimbabwe agrees to staff-monitored programme with IMF
06 Feb 2026 13:45 GMT
… programme (SMP) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a senior official said … fund and an eventual loan programme.
A staff- … or endorsement by the IMF’s executive board.
… external concessional financing,” said IMF mission chief Wojciech Maliszewski …
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Ghana to exit IMF programme with dignity, not as supplicant – President Mahama
06 Feb 2026 12:16 GMT
… on course to exit its International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme by April 2026, citing … people, not just to service loans. This is what ‘Resetting Ghana … .
“We are steadily exiting the IMF’s Extended Credit Facility with …
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OPINION: IMF and WB conditionalities, and domestic policy — IV
06 Feb 2026 06:12 GMT
… for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme countries. Programme conditionalities under International Monetary Fund (IMF) structural adjustment … Bank’s development policy loans.
These aggregate demand … loan, and thirty-three had two or more loans.’ …
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IMF technical staff team lands in Buenos Aires
05 Feb 2026 22:13 GMT
… technical staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) landed in Buenos Aires … a US$20 billion loan with the Fund last … is headed by the IMF’s mission chiefs for Argentina … Consultations,” annual contacts the IMF holds with authorities of each …
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UAE loan rollover: Finance minister insists Pakistan faces no external financing gap
05 Feb 2026 10:11 GMT
… of a $3 billion loan from the United Arab Emirates … were dealing with the UAE loan rollover.
When questioned by … external financing plan with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and that the government … be able to exit the IMF programme under the existing …