The International Monetary Fund's steering committee on Friday said would accelerate its discussions on quota reforms at the global lender with an eye to making "considerable progress" by their next meeting in October.
The Bank of Japan is likely to maintain negative short-term interest rates until inflation durably hits 2%, but could allow long-term yields to move more flexibly around its target, a senior International Monetary Fund official said on Friday.
Italy's stock market watchdog Consob is scrutinising the government's CEO nominee at defence group Leonardo after an opposition lawmaker raised potential conflict-of-interest issues, sources at the regulator said on Friday.
GDP growth in the Middle East and North Africa region will slow to 3.1% in 2023, from 5.3% a year ago, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Middle East and Central Asia department director Jihad Azour said on Thursday.
Italy, the most indebted country in the euro zone after Greece, could cut its public debt faster if it keeps on taking in large numbers of migrants, Treasury data showed on Thursday.