Lagarde leaving the IMF for the ECB is simply tragic for the West’s billions of innocents that unaccountable, unelected central bankers and their ineffective, corrupt cronies have become their political elite.

Hundreds of thousands of Pakistani businesses have gone on strike in a nationwide protest against an increased sales tax.

In Egypt, more cuts are expected in fuel subsidies as part of an IMF backed reform program that started in 2016.

The International Monetary Fund urges an end to the trade war between the United States and China.

China says American officials are lying to the public about the US-China trade war.

The IMF has warned that the current US-China trade war will "jeopardize" the global growth this year.

Ecuadoran President Lenin Moreno sold off Julian Assange to the US after IMF provided billions of dollars of loan to the Latin American country, US presidential candidate Ron Paul says.

Finance Minister Asad Umar has already visited Washington for meetings with the IMF.

In the United States, the ratio of corporate debt to GDP is at record-high levels.

Crowds of protesters have rallied in Sudan to show solidarity with the unemployed, witnesses say.