Bloomberg The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is sending a small mission to Ukraine for talks on economic expansion as the government struggles to finalize a $5.5 billion loan. The team will visit Ukraine “for technical discussions on policies to achieve stronger growth and safeguard stability,” IMF resident representative in Ukraine Goesta Ljungman said. No time frame for the visit was ...

Bloomberg The Federal Reserve’s mass purchases of Treasury bills is creating distortions in money markets and that may make it harder for Eurodollar traders who bet on the interest-rate outlook. What started as an attempt by the Fed to relieve strains in money markets is having an unintended impact on some of the world’s most important borrowing benchmarks. As the ...

Bloomberg First it was the Federal Reserve. Then the European Central Bank (ECB). Now, India’s monetary authority may look to the Bank of England (OBOE)for ideas to revive growth, economists say. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) could possibly draw inspiration from BOE’s Funding for Lending Scheme to jump start loan growth in the economy that’s set for its weakest ...