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INTERNATIONAL: IMF backs bigger role for central banks
Central banks should focus not only on maintaining price stability, as most did before the...
InternationalANGOLA: Construction debt bodes ill for sovereign bond
Angola's Finance Ministry today raised the estimate of the government's unpaid debt to foreign...
AngolaHUNGARY/IMF/EU: Mission ends with unmet "differences"
Credit-default swaps (which measure the risk of default) for Hungarian debt rose as the forint...
HungaryCENTRAL AFRICA: Scandal strains franc zone
Trust in the Bank of the Central African States has been badly shaken by an embezzlement scandal...
UKRAINE/IMF: Household gas prices are set to rise
Prices for cooking gas and some heating supplies will rise by 50% as of August 1, Prime Minister...
UkraineGREECE: Workers strike to protect welfare system
Private- and public-sector workers held this year's sixth 24-hour general strike today,...
GreeceSOUTH KOREA: Timing of 'exit' will be critical
The IMF today increased its growth forecast for the South Korean economy to 5.75% from 4.5%.
South KoreaUKRAINE/IMF: Fund agrees new loan with modest targets
The IMF agreed on Friday to provide Ukraine with a new 14.9 billion dollar stand-by arrangement...
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