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1 – 10 of 53The debt relief issue was pushed to “the end of the programme”, although it was not made clear whether this might mean before or after its August 20 conclusion. The latest…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB233463
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Shortly before Azhar replaced Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in the post, the IMF announced resumption of Pakistan’s stalled Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme. The loan was agreed in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261046
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ANGOLA: IMF boost will offer Luanda some respite
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES256356
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GREECE: Debt restructuring comes a little closer
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES214233
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The second phase of the current bailout, extended until end-June, foresees a final installment of 7.2 billion euros (8.2 billion dollars) in exchange for fiscal and structural…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB199435
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Islamabad now seeks a larger, longer-term bailout programme with the Fund. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has suggested that a staff-level agreement on such a package could…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286930
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The moves followed a peso depreciation of nearly 21% during the last week of August. The measures aim to ease investor doubts over the government’s ability to overcome the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238247
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It followed the EU’s disbursement on April 25 of a third lending tranche of EUR1.5bn (USD1.65bn) from its EUR18.0bn macro-financial assistance package. In both cases, the money…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278935
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These payments come shortly after the ministry placed a 725-million-dollar, six-month Eurobond with private investors. The government seems to have had no alternative to this…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238218
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The coalition government of left-wing Syriza and right-wing nationalist Independent Greeks (Anel) significantly lags behind the conservative opposition New Democracy (ND) party in…