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Internationalising the Covid-19 crisis

If the international community wants to avoid a wave of defaults, it must develop a rescue plan immediately

Focusing multilateral money

World Bank and IMF must step up to protect pvt sector, govts

Coronavirus-induced recession way worse than 2008 financial crisis: IMF

More than 1 million people worldwide have been infected with Covid-19

Covid-19: Some banking systems may need help if situation worsens, says IMF

Leading regulators and bank chief executives, particularly in the United States, have said lenders are robust enough to withstand the unfolding economic crisis.

Best of BS Opinion: A petition for financial emergency, Covid-19, and more

Read what extrapolated policy prescriptions are predicated on. Uddalok Bhattacharya sums up

Corona calamity: The role of China's cheerleaders

By including the yuan in its basket of leading currencies, the IMF gave China a legitimacy it did not deserve

IMF to take up Pak's request for financial aid to cope with Covid-19 crisis

On March 4, the IMF had announced that it would support vulnerable countries with different lending facilities

Covid-19 causing severe damage, this recession may be worse than 2009: IMF

As much of the world faces mass shutdowns, Georgieva warned the outlook for global growth in 2020 "is negative -- a recession at least as bad as during the global financial crisis or worse.

The other casualty of Covid-19

COVID-19 will cause no less a disruption to the economy than the goods and services tax has done

Rejected Venezuela returns to IMF seeking $1 bn in aid to fight coronavirus

Maduro ordered a nationwide quarantine starting Tuesday to slow the pace of infection

Coronavirus wrap: India sees highest cases in a day, SBI's new credit plan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed with chief ministers ways and preparedness of the states to check the virus spread

China's economy normalisng after coronavirus peaked, but risks exist: IMF

Most larger Chinese firms have reopened and many local employees have returned to work

Are we heading towards a global recession? Here's what top brokerages say

Analysts fear that the impact this time would be deeper than that of the 8-month long economic downturn in 2001 and the one in early 1990s

Policy action needed for a healthy global economy: IMF MD Georgieva

Additional fiscal stimulus will be necessary to prevent long-lasting economic damage, she said

20 nations asking for aid; need coordinated effort: IMF chief on Covid-19

She did not identify the countries that have expressed interest in new financing programs. Iran last week said it was seeking an emergency loan from the IMF

Policy after COVID-19

Globally, economic policy could soon be in uncharted territory

Foreign exchange reserves a cushion for India against virus impact: RBI guv

He stressed that a swap line was critical from the point of view of preserving global financial stability

There will be limited sectoral impact on industries from Coronavirus: Das

The comments from Das come days after the RBI assuaged markets that it will do all it can to minimise the coronavirus impact.

Coronavirus: IMF makes available $50 bn to help emerging market countries

Of this, 10 billion dollars is available at zero interest for the poorest members through the rapid credit facility

IMF, World Bank switch to virtual spring meetings due to coronavirus

The coronavirus outbreak is plunging the world economy into its worst downturn since the global financial crisis more than 10 years ago, OECD said