The Latest Breaking News from International Monetary Fund

Argentina is bracing for fresh austerity protests Wednesday, with a 24-hour general strike slated to start at midnight against President Javier Milei, who remains focused on Washington and a new IMF loan.

The bailout provides a welcome reprieve to President Javier Milei as he seeks to overturn the country's old economic order.

As transatlantic trade tensions flare over new US tariffs, French President Emmanuel Macron has urged companies to freeze US investments in order to protect France’s economic interests and rally European unity.

Fund boss Kristalina Georgieva says it is important that US and trading partners avoid escalating trade war

US indexes suffer amid escalating global trade war as Beijing hits back with new tariffs on US goods

As poverty and inflation plunge, Milei's reforms begin to reshape Argentina's economy.

The first budget speech of Ghana’s new government on 11 March painted a picture of an economy in crisis, facing high debt and fiscal mismanagement. The finance minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, acknowledged that key International Monetary Fund performance targets would be missed and announced drastic spending cuts.

Lebanon has a new central bank governor. But critics say he’s too close to traditional powers who created the crisis.

French President Emmanuel Macron will host his Lebanese counterpart, Joseph Aoun, in Paris on Friday, a visit he says signals France's full commitment to Lebanon's "recovery" and "sovereignty". The country's new government is facing a crippling economic crisis, as well as the need to rebuild after the recent Israeli-Hezbollah war.