The International Monetary Fund's executive board on Wednesday approved $43 million in economic relief to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The IMF said the funds would help political leaders in Congo "implement their development policies, maintain macroeconomic stability and strengthen economic recovery amid high food inflation, lower oil prices and tightening financial conditions." The spokesman for one of Congo's main opposition parties was shot dead on Thursday, authorities said, raising tensions ahead of national elections in December.
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The government should target reducing demand through ensuring market-based interest and exchange rates as well as cutting allocation for infrastructure projects to rein in inflation and protect the foreign currency reserves, said economists yesterday.
The macroeconomic stability that Bangladesh's economy has enjoyed for a long time has disappeared in the face of multiple challenges – from both external and domestic sources.