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Coverage dated August 31, 2022

IMF Set to Provide $2.9 Billion to Help Crisis-hit Sri Lanka

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The package is contingent on assurances from creditors, including China, India and Japan that debt sustainability will be restored.

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  1. The Diplomat

    IMF Set to Provide $2.9 Billion to Help Crisis-hit Sri Lanka (opens The Diplomat)

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    The package is contingent on assurances from creditors, including China, India and Japan that debt sustainability will be restored.

  2. NBC Los Angeles

    Sri Lanka and IMF Reach Preliminary Deal on $2.9 Billion Loan (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    “Sri Lanka has been facing an acute crisis. Vulnerabilities have grown owing to inadequate external buffers and an unsustainable public debt dynamic,” the IMF said.

  3. Deutsche Welle

    Sri Lanka set for IMF bailout amid historic economic crisis | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The International Monetary Fund says a first agreement has been reached on a $2.9 billion loan to the bankrupt country. Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years.

  4. MyNorthwest

    IMF agrees to provide crisis-hit Sri Lanka $2.9 billion (opens MyNorthwest)

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    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- The International Monetary Fund said Thursday it has reached a staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka to provide $2.9 billion

  5. Shore News Network

    Sri Lanka gains IMF's provisional agreement for $2.9 billion loan (opens Shore News Network)

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    By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan of about $2.9

  6. The Guardian

    IMF offers Sri Lanka provisional $2.9bn loan to tackle debt crisis (opens The Guardian)

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

  7. Digital Journal

    IMF agrees to $2.9 bn bailout for bankrupt Sri Lanka (opens Digital Journal)

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    Bankrupt Sri Lanka will receive a conditional $2.9 billion bailout to repair its battered finances, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday,

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