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South Africa has asked for a loan from the IMF

Business Tech
08 Jun 2020
  South Africa

Why Sri Lanka’s economy faces a painful ‘reset’ in the coming months

The Print
08 Jun 2020
  Sri Lanka

Rouble's surge gives green light for Russia to slash rates

The Business Times
08 Jun 2020
  Russian Federation

Japan grants over 123 billion kip for Covid-19 response

Vientiane Times
08 Jun 2020
  Japan;   Lao PDR

Mexico takes out $1 billion loan from World Bank: newspaper

Reuters
08 Jun 2020
  Mexico

Egypt’s foreign reserves record third consecutive drop, down to $36 bln by end of May

Ahram Online
07 Jun 2020
  Arab Republic of Egypt

EBRD provides $100m for Egypt’s NBK to support small, medium-sized projects amid COVID-19 crisis

Ahram Online
07 Jun 2020
  Arab Republic of Egypt

Coronavirus cuts Iran’s GDP by 15%

Tehran Times
07 Jun 2020
  Islamic Republic of Iran

Standard Chartered Sri Lanka finances MAS group to make Covid-19 face masks for US

Economy Next
07 Jun 2020
  Sri Lanka

Saudi Arabia inches toward 100k coronavirus cases

Arab News
07 Jun 2020
  Saudi Arabia

China needs GDP growth of about 3 per cent in 2020 to meet job goals, analysts say

South China Morning Post
06 Jun 2020
  People's Republic of China

Government ‘optimistic’ debt deal with creditors will be agreed soon

Buenos Aires Times
06 Jun 2020
  Argentina

AfDB approves 288.5 mln USD to support Nigeria's COVID-19 response

Xinhuanet
06 Jun 2020
  Nigeria

Egyptian state banks collect over $10bn from high-yield savings product

Arab News
06 Jun 2020
  Arab Republic of Egypt

An emergency budget needs bold decisions, including a bigger public sector

Mail & Guardian
06 Jun 2020
  South Africa

South Africa's "junk" bonds back in demand as high-yield lures local, foreign investors

Reuters
06 Jun 2020
  South Africa

Argentina's pandemic-hit economy seen shrinking 9.5% this year: central bank poll

Reuters
06 Jun 2020
  Argentina

CPI declines 1.19 percent; fourth month of decreases

06 Jun 2020
  Taipei,China

South Africa's rand gains as new ECB stimulus lifts risk demand

Reuters
05 Jun 2020
  South Africa

Russia: Inflation takes a pause in May

ING
05 Jun 2020
  Russian Federation