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  <title>IMF chief warns it too soon to roll back stimulus</title>
  <description>The head of the IMF warned on Monday it was too soon to discuss rolling back stimulus spending, saying the world economy had yet to weather the worst of a recession that has hammered industrial output and claimed a record number of European jobs.</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:51:56 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>IMF releases economic outlook of Thailand in 2009</title>
  <description>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released an economic outlook of Thailand in 2009 on Friday after concluding the Article IV consultation with the Country.</description>
    <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090605/imf-releases-economic-outlook-thailand.htm</link> 
  <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:36:15 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>IMF forecasts EU recovery by 2010</title>
  <description>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasted Monday that the severe economic downturn for the Euro Zone could end during the second half of 2010, but further policy actions especially in the financial sector will be essential to induce this recovery.</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 18:51:11 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>IMF corrects figures on east Europe</title>
  <description>The International Monetary Fund has corrected an outstanding error for some eastern European countries because of wrong data.</description>
    <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090506/imf-corrects-figures-on-east-europe-error.htm</link> 
  <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 20:48:17 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>IMF approves 17.1B loan for Romania to boost economy</title>
  <description>The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a two-year loan valued by $17.1 billion for Romania to help the country get through the global economic crisis, the IMF&amp;#039;s said in a statement Monday.</description>
    <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090505/imf-approves-17-1b-romania-boost-economy.htm</link> 
  <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 16:48:40 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>IMF reaches preliminary agreement for supporting Tanzania</title>
  <description>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Sunday it had reached a preliminary agreement for supporting Tanzania to ease the impact of the global financial crisis on its export-driven economy.</description>
    <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090427/imf-reaches-preliminary-agreement-supporting-tanzania.htm</link> 
  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:15:29 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Gains on fighting poverty threatened by global economic crisis</title>
  <description>The current global crisis is an obstacle in the fight against poverty and is threatening to reverse any gains on the fight against poverty.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:18:03 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>IMF forecasts world economy sluggish recovery by 2010</title>
  <description>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) further downgraded its projection of 2009 global economic growth this week from a negative 1.3percent to a negative nearly 2%.</description>
    <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090423/imf-forecasts-world-economy-sluggish-recovery.htm</link> 
  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:27:49 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>IMF downgrades world economic growth outlook</title>
  <description>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has once again downgraded its forecast for the world economy. It now expects a contraction of 1.3% this year.</description>
    <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090422/imf-downgrades-world-economic-growth-outlook.htm</link> 
  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:15:45 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>IMF: Economic crisis will cost $4 trillion</title>
  <description>The International Monetary Fund said in a Global Financial Stability Report that quick and coordinated government action is needed to prevent a much more intense and prolonged economic recession.</description>
    <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090421/imf-economic-crisis-global-financial-stability-report.htm</link> 
  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:49:34 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>IMF agrees $2.8B new loan for Ukraine</title>
  <description>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will release a new $2.8 billion loan to Ukraine to help the country weather the economic crisis., official said on Friday.</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:30:43 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>IMF boost to widen split in emerging economies</title>
  <description>Stronger emerging economies are likely to pull further ahead from weaker peers following the moves by global leaders to augment the lending capacity of the International Monetary Fund.</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:50:02 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>EU backs stronger IMF, eastern aid lifeline</title>
  <description>The European Union on Friday pledged more than $100 billion in new loans to the International Monetary Fund to bail out countries in the global recession and urged the G20 economic powers to help double its funding.</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:42:23 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>IMF chief says bank cleanup too slow</title>
  <description>The world&amp;#039;s advanced economies are moving too slowly in ridding banks of problem assets, which could jeopardize a global economic recovery in 2010, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday.</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:10:51 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>IMF admits faults in warning about financial crisis</title>
  <description>The IMF gave itself a scathing review for its mistakes in spotting the roots of the global crisis and acknowledged it fell short in its job as the world&amp;#039;s global financial overseer.</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:49:40 EST</pubDate>
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