The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday trimmed its forecast for 2016 to 3.2 percent, citing a slowdown in China, low oil prices and weakness in advanced economies.

The International Monetary Fund warned of increasing downside risks to the world economy because of volatility in stock markets and plunging commodity prices.

An increase in the incomes of a country's richest people hurts its GDP, according to the IMF.

As the U.S. looks poised to increase interest rates, the International Monetary Fund voiced concerns in a draft communique.

The IMF has cautioned that the economic recovery remains "moderate and uneven," beset by greater uncertainty and many risks.

The WTO figures are based on economic growth estimates from organizations including the IMF.

The former New Jersey governor's bankrupt firm has been slapped with $1.2 billion in restitution and a $100 million penalty.

Deflation is a four-letter word in finance, largely because it is so difficult to recover from.

Falling consumer prices, particularly in Europe, are adding to fears that inflation won't speed up and lift the world economy.

A new report by the IMF finds the world's major banks aren't healthy enough to support the global economic recovery alone.

The CFTC has also brought lawsuits against Jon S. Corzine and Edith O’Brien for allegedly misusing customers' funds.

MF Holdings declared bankruptcy in October 2011, listing assets of $41 billion and debts of $39.7 billion.

New Jersey has given America a lot. The governor is one gift the nation can do without.

House prices around the world are creeping back to pre-crisis levels. What does that say about real estate's performance long-term?

Assuming the U.S. avoids a default, the next big challenge will be for the Fed to start paring its monthly bond purchases.

The CFTC's David Meister believes the ex-New Jersey governor and former Goldman Sachs CEO used customer money for bogus deals.

The CFTC charges mean the former U.S. senator, New Jersey governor and Goldman Sachs head likely will avoid criminal prosecution.

There’s a growing sense of alienation between Wall Street and Main Street.

J.P. Morgan Chase has reached a $546 million settlement with the trustee liquidating MF Global Holdings.

MF Global Holdings Ltd (PINK: MFGLQ)'s brokerage customers will be able to get all their money back.

Financial professionals reeled Wednesday after the now-collapsed futures merchant PFG (Peregrine Financial Group Inc.), whose troubles bear an unnerving similarity to MF Global's woes, left as much as $200 million unaccounted for and PFG clients kicking themselves for ignoring the warning signs.

Jon Corzine, the former chief of MF Global and governor of New Jersey, could be the target of a possible lawsuit linked to the brokerage's bankruptcy and disappearence of $1.6 billion in client funds.

A federal judge on Tuesday authorized the trustee liquidating MF Global Holdings Inc's brokerage unit to distribute as much as $685 million to customers whose accounts had been frozen when the futures brokerage went bankrupt.

The futures regulator has the power to go after top executives who aid and abet violations by their companies, said Jill Sommers, who is heading up the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's probe into bankrupt brokerage MF Global.

Former customers of MF Global , waiting for the return of as much as $1.6 billion missing from their accounts, will get their first chance next week to hear testimony from Louis Freeh, the embattled trustee for the bankrupt commodities firm.

The trustee liquidating MF Global's brokerage will ask a bankruptcy court on Thursday to release $685 million to former MF Global customers, a plan already introduced in court filings that has been criticized as neglecting affiliates of the failed firm.

The largest U.S. grain trade group on Thursday said Congress and commodities regulators should adopt its recommendations to protect customer funds and restore market confidence after the collapse of giant broker MF Global.

An MF Global bankruptcy trustee asked a judge on Monday to release $25 million in insurance money to pay defense costs for Jon Corzine and other former MF Global officers facing civil lawsuits over the broker's October collapse.

An MF Global executive who has become a central figure in the desperate shifting of funds before the brokerage's collapse, refused to answer questions from Congress on Wednesday, frustrating lawmakers probing why an estimated $1.6 billion of customer money is missing.

An MF Global executive, who has emerged as a central figure in the desperate shifting of funds before the brokerage's collapse, refused to answer questions on Wednesday, frustrating lawmakers probing why more than $1 billion in customer money is missing.