Government spokesman Mobhare Matinyi said the allegations were false

The dollar is at its highest since November against other major currencies, poised for a fourth straight month of gains

The IMF's fiscal monitor estimates that the US deficit for 2024 will reach 6.67% of GDP, rising to 7.06% in 2025 - double the 3.5% in 2015

The nation has kicked off talks with ratings agencies to lay the groundwork for a return to international debt markets

The IMF projects that consumer prices in the country will rise by 7.9 percent by the end of the fiscal year

While initial price spikes have faded since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a widening of the conflict could cause them to intensify, the IMF says

Manufacturing output in February rose 5% year on year, slower than the 5.9% rise posted in the same month last year

The producer price index for final demand rose 0.2% last month after increasing by an unrevised 0.6% in February