The IMF approves a $17 billion loan for Ukraine as separatists in Eastern Ukraine seize power and Russia threatens.

The situation in Ukraine is missing from the agenda for the IMF spring meetings in Washington, D.C.

Christine Lagarde on Congress' IMF vote: "Not exercising that leadership is a mistake."

The International Monetary Fund has ended up smack in the middle of the budget debate in Washington.

Ireland's bailout comes to an official end on Sunday.

Vital austerity measures could be harder to push through in Egypt as political unrest continues.

The International Monetary Fund says a $4.8 billion loan for Egypt is on hold. The IMF cited "unfolding developments on the ground."

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, wants countries to stop cutting and start spending. In Tokyo today, the leader warned that austerity is making the global economy worse.

As China and Japan are disputing island territories, the head of China's central bank will be a no-show at this week's meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Japan.