The 17 European Union nations that use the euro have struck an agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a programme to reduce Greek debt and put Athens on the way to get the next instalment o

The World Bank on Monday slashed its 2012 growth forecast for developing countries in East Asia and the Pacific to 7.2 per cent, down from 8.3 per cent in 2011, due to the fragile global economy.

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The International Monetary Fund will lower its forecasts for global economic growth to 3.3 per cent in 2012 and 3.6 per cent in 2013 from earlier forecasts of 3.4 per cent and 3.9 per cent respectivel

The euro remained weak in Asia on Thursday with investors seeking refuge in the safe-haven yen as anti-austerity protests in Spain and Greece raised fresh concerns over the eurozone debt crisis.

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The Federal Reserve's aggressive new plan to spark the U.S. economy boosted risk assets on Friday, sending global stocks to a 13-month high and driving the dollar to a more than four-month low against

Asian markets rose and the dollar remained subdued against the yen on Wednesday ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting most economists expect will deliver fresh stimulus to kickstart the economy.

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The International Monetary Fund on Sunday strongly backed the European Central Bank's plan to staunch the eurozone debt crisis with unlimited bond purchases, saying it was ready to get involved in des

Willing or not, Spain is heading towards a full-blown bailout with IMF supervision, strict conditions and the threat of even more painful austerity cuts, analysts say.

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Advancing for the third straight day, the Sensex gained 66 points during a special session on Saturday on sustained buying by investors amid ECB announcing a potentially unlimited bond-buying plan

The European Central Bank agreed on Thursday to launch a new and potentially unlimited bond-buying programme to lower struggling eurozone countries' borrowing costs and draw a line under the debt cris