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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is live broadcasted speaking of &quot;substantial progress&quot; in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a key element in China's Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, during the Second Belt and Road Forum In Beijing on Friday, April 26, 2019. Financially troubled Pakistan has borrowed billions of dollars from China in recent years through loans whose terms remain largely undisclosed. China has pledged more than $60 billion to Pakistan in loans and investments for roads, ports, power plants and industrial parks. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Pakistan, IMF in final round of talks on $8 billion bailout

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2018 file photo, Jihad Azour, the International Monetary Fund's Mideast and Central Asia department director, gives a press conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In a new outlook report issued Monday, April 29, 2019, the IMF said that political uncertainty and volatile oil prices are weighing heavily on economic growth in the Middle East this year. A closer look, however, shows sharp variations from country to country. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

IMF: Mideast economies face volatile politics, oil prices

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks during a news conference after the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) conference at the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, Saturday, April 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Greece looks to repay IMF early as bond yields tumble

By DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks at a news conference, during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, Thursday, April 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Top IMF official warns global economy facing various threats

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

FILE- In this April 2, 2019, file photo specialist Gregg Maloney, left, and trader Tommy Kalikas work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 9. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Markets Right Now: S&P 500 falls, ending an 8-day win streak

Associated Press

Chief Economist and Director of Research Department at the IMF, Gita Gopinath, speaks during a news conference at the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

IMF forecast: Global growth will weaken this year to 3.3%

By PAUL WISEMAN and MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2019 file photo, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde briefs the media during a news conference at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The head of the 189-nation International Monetary Fund said Tuesday, April 2 the global economy is at a “delicate moment” with a hoped-for rebound in growth later this year being threatened by a variety of factors such as rising trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. Lagarde said the IMF does not forecast a recession in its updated economic outlook to be released next week but she called the current situation “precarious” and vulnerable to policy mistakes. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

IMF managing director says economy is at ‘delicate moment’

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, center, speaks with guests following the 2019 International Women of Courage Awards at the Department of State in Washington, Thursday, March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Lagarde: IMF ready to help rescue Venezuelan economy

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press

IMF and Ecuador reach agreement on $4.2 billion fund

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press

In this 2007 file photo, David Malpass, then the Chief Economist at Bear, Stearns &amp; Co. Inc., speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. President Donald Trump plans to nominate Malpass, an administration critic of the World Bank, to be the institution’s next leader. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

David Malpass, Trump’s expected pick to head World Bank, draws resistance

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

World Bank skeptic David Malpass could be Donald Trump’s pick to lead it

The Washington Times

FILE- In this Jan. 18, 2019, file photo specialist Anthony Rinaldi, left, and trader Robert Gasparino work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 22. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Markets Right Now: Stocks skid on economic growth worries

Associated Press

An armed Swiss police officer stands guard on the roof of a hotel near the congress center where the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, take place in in Davos, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Davos summit: World economy forecast to slow in 2019 amid trade tensions

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

IMF completes second review of Argentina loan

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press

Ukraine secures new IMF loan after making reforms

Associated Press

IMF says it is reviewing data provided by Venezuela

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press

A Pakistani money changer counts US dollar bills in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Pakistan's currency has plunged further as the country is mired in a financial crisis and seeking an $8 billion bailout package from the International Monetary Fund. The Pakistani rupee was trading at 142 to the dollar on Friday, a decline from 133.90 rupees to $1 at close of business the previous day. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan’s currency plunges again as country seeks IMF loan

Associated Press

IMF cites progress in talks on Pakistan bailout

Associated Press

IMF executive board will meet in ‘coming weeks’ on Venezuela

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press

Argentine Senate approves austerity budget for IMF deal

Associated Press