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IMF says Cyprus at risk of even deeper recession

The International Monetary Fund said Friday that substantial risks still loom for the Cypriot economy even after a multi-billion dollar international bailout aimed at averting a debt default. Full story

Central banks saved world economy, now beware the fallout: IMF

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Central banks got it right when they saved the world economy, but their unprecedented actions risk disruptive cross-border spillovers and potentially heavy losses when the time comes to reverse course, the IMF said on Thursday. Full story

Egyptian Finance Ministry man quits over friction with Islamists

CAIRO (Reuters) - A senior Egyptian Finance Ministry adviser involved in talks on a vital IMF loan has resigned, suggesting that newly appointed bureaucrats loyal to President Mohamed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood had meddled in his work. Full story

Pakistan election bolsters bull market case for Mobius, Goldman

HONG KONG (Reuters) - After 18 years as a banker at firms such as Citigroup and Nomura, Shaheryar Chishty took a different direction in late 2011, starting an investment firm that, among other things, helped guide Chinese and South Korean money into Pakistan. Full story

Ex-IMF boss Strauss-Kahn attends South Sudan bank opening

JUBA (Reuters) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn helped to open a new bank in the world's youngest nation, South Sudan, on Tuesday, a low-key return to the international stage for the former IMF chief brought down by a sex scandal. Full story

IMF sees growth of 5.7 percent in sub-Saharan Africa in 2014

ACCRA (Reuters) - The IMF on Tuesday forecast economic growth of 5.4 percent in 2013 and 5.7 percent in 2014 for the economies of sub-Saharan Africa on the back of rising investment and booming extractive industries. Full story

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Former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn arrives to grace the opening of NCB in Juba
Former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn arrives to grace the opening of NCB in Juba

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrives to grace the opening of National Credit Bank in the capital Juba May 14, 2013. REUTER/Hereward Holland

Former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn arrives to grace the opening of NCB in the capital Juba
Former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn arrives to grace the opening of NCB in the capital Juba

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrives to grace the opening of National Credit Bank in the capital Juba May 14, 2013. REUTER/Hereward Holland (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: BUSINESS)

Former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn stands next to South Sudan's Central Bank Governor Mayik during the opening of NCB in Juba
Former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn stands next to South Sudan's Central Bank Governor Mayik during the opening of NCB in Juba

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn stands next to South Sudan's Central Bank Governor Kornelio Mayik during the opening of National Credit Bank in the capital Juba May 14, 2013. REUTER/Hereward Holland (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)