Half the world’s countries ask for IMF bailout

International Monetary Fund boss says she will use ‘full toolbox’ to deal with ‘emergency like no other’

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IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva
(Image credit: - Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

More than half the world’s countries have approached the International Monetary Fund for a bailout to weather the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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