IMF offers Sri Lanka provisional $2.9bn loan to tackle debt crisis

IMF offers Sri Lanka provisional $2.9bn loan to tackle debt crisis - short news


Funding still needs to be approved but could offer breathing space amid country’s economic turmoil

The International Monetary Fund has tentatively offered Sri Lanka a $2.9bn (£2.5bn) loan to help the country recover from the worst economic crisis since it gained independence from Britain in 1948.

The funding is meant to provide some breathing space for Sri Lanka, which is scrambling to restructure nearly $30bn (£26bn) in debt to creditors including China, India and a string..


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source: The Guardian - 01.09.2022

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