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Pakistan Steps Up Funding Drive at IMF–World Bank Meetings With IMF Deal at Staff Level

The push signals a bid to lock in an IMF payout next month to widen Pakistan’s external funding.

Italy’s Tax Burden Reaches 11-Year High, Peaking at 51.4% in Q4

Italy Restores and Expands Transizione 5.0 Funds to €1.5 Billion

BCRA Clears Banks to Distribute Up to 60% of 2025 Profits in Three Monthly Installments Starting May

Argentina Lifts Bonar 2027 Above $500 Million With Fresh $101 Million Sale

Argentina Targets $250 Billion Kept Outside Banks as Data Show World-Leading Per-Capita Stash

Italy’s 2025 Deficit at 3.1% Keeps Exit From EU Oversight on Hold

Argentina Sells $100 Million in Second ARGBON27 Auction at 5.89%, Bringing Week’s Total to $250 Million

IMF Says U.S. Outlook Is Strong for 2026 as Tariff Uncertainty and Rising Debt Threaten Stability

Argentina Sells $150 Million in Debut Local Dollar Bond at 5.89% Yield

Bank of Japan’s Tamura Says Inflation Is Sticky, Signals Room for Further Gradual Hikes

Pakistan’s 2025 Worker Exodus Swells Remittances as Investment Slumps

Mexico Sells $9 Billion in 8-, 12- and 30-Year Dollar Bonds to Open 2026 Markets

France Sets Record €310 Billion Borrowing Plan for 2026 Under Interim Law

Seoul Steps Up FX Defense With Verbal Warning, Retail Tax Breaks as Won Rebounds

RBI Minutes Show 25 Bps Cut on Benign Inflation, Neutral Stance Retained

Argentina’s Registered Private Jobs Fall for Fourth Month, Down 49,000 Since June

Bank of Israel Cuts Rate 25 Basis Points to 4.25% in First Easing in Nearly Two Years

Argentina’s Formal Payrolls Fall to New Post‑2023 Low, 205,000 Jobs Lost Since Milei Took Office

Yen Near 154 as BOJ Holds at 0.5% and Minister Warns on Rapid Moves