Economics
IMF Tallies Up Economic Wreckage in Middle East, Warns Over Debt
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A debt pile-up across the Middle East and Central Asia will tie down resources available to fight the global coronavirus pandemic and pose an added challenge as an estimated $35 billion in the region’s external sovereign liabilities mature this year, according to the International Monetary Fund.