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25 April 2024

'It's not IMF job to help nations with deficits'

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The Bundesbank said it is not the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) job to help countries finance their excessive budget deficits. "The IMF's mandate stipulates that it may only use its foreign-currency reserves to bridge short-term balance of payment deficits," the Bundesbank said in its monthly report yesterday.