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Rising U.S. bond yields dampen investor attraction

A tsunami of debt has crashed over the world, and billions of people are drowning. This week, the G20 will meet to decide the direction of global economic recovery. Their power – and their responsibility – point in one direction: drop debt, drive investment, and deliver justice for all peoples of the world. The pandemic has accelerated inequalities across the planet. Workers have lost $3.7 trillion in income, while billionaires have increased their wealth by $3.9 trillion. Wealthy countries...

IMF chief calls for strong G20 policies to counter ‘dangerous divergence’ February 26, 2021 International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has called for strong G20 policies to counter ‘dangerous divergence’. — WAM photo WASHINGTON — International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has called for strong G20 policies to counter ‘dangerous divergence’. "Today, powered by advancements in vaccinat...

The world’s wealthy countries are at risk of a moral default A screen before the start of the virtual G20 meeting hosted by Saudi Arabia, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium November 21, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool After a four-year hiatus, multilateralism and global cooperation have made a decisive return to the American president’s agenda. The Biden administration’s initial steps have been in the right direction, including re-entry into the Paris cl...

As the G20 meet to discuss the global economic recovery, the Debt Justice group calls for a radical break with extraction and austerity and proposes a new system in its place.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images) Bloomberg By Samuel Gebre The International Monetary Fund backed Ethiopia’s plan to rework its debt under the Group of 20 common framework as it reached a staff-level agreement with the government on credit facilities. To strengthen debt sustainability, the authorities aim to lower the risk of debt distress rating to moderate by re-profiling debt service obligations,” the lender said in an emailed stateme...

The Globe and Mail Andrea Shalal Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer In this file photo taken on Oct. 18, 2019 Demonstrators protest the IMF and World Banks investments in fossil fuels and urge them to confront climate change as they march outside the World Bank and IMF Headquarters ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 — The World Bank is working with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on ways to factor climate change into the negotiations about reducing the debt burdens of some poor countries, World Bank President David Malpass told Reuters in a Friday interview. Three countries —...

Ethiopia, Chad and Zambia have already initiated negotiations with creditors under a framework that may reduce debt burden and cut fossil fuel emissio

Governments must take urgent action to tackle the twin problems of runaway debts and soaring inequality, before they come back to bite us