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The country is involved in tense negotiations with international lenders, as it teeters on the brink of default on an IMF loan.

Greece has received two bailouts worth $262 billion since 2010 but its economy has shrunk, partly due to austerity measures imposed by lenders.

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde says the fund would be “delighted” to work with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

Greece now risks running out of cash within weeks if it does not receive more aid.

The European Central Bank proceeded with the opening of its new headquarters on schedule, despite the protests.

The Fed, at its meeting ending Wednesday, is expected to signal an increase in its ultra-low interest rates by as soon as June.

The IMF's bailout program for Ukraine assumes Kiev will be able to get $15.4 billion from talks with its creditors, according to four sources familiar with the IMF's documents, said an exclusive Reuters report.

Greece's newly elected government must pay a total of 1.5 billion euros to the IMF this month over two weeks starting on Friday.

The proposed list of reforms comes after the failure of several previous rounds of talks between Greece and its creditors.

The arrangement will extend the country's bailout program for four months.

The request was met with strong opposition from Germany, but the deal could save the country from bankruptcy and a Greek exit from the EU.

Greece’s Finance Minister is meeting with Eurogroup finance ministers in Brussels Monday to renegotiate the country's bailout package.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is currently testifying at a trial in a French court over his involvement in an international prostitution ring.

Greece's attempts to renegotiate its bailout would likely be resolved only by the country leaving the eurozone, Alan Greenspan says.

Ireland’s economy has performed well since it left the so-called troika bailout program, with yields on the nation's debt now at record lows.

The case addresses the latest in a string of sex-related allegations against the former IMF chief.

Finance chiefs around the world had previously given the U.S. a Jan. 1 deadline and threatened to move without it if it failed to do so.

British gross domestic product grew by 2.6 percent in 2014 as a whole, the Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday.

China’s leaders worry a rapidly cooling economy could lead to unemployment and social instability.

The Dow wavered Monday following a victory by Greece's anti-austerity party, with economists looking ahead to the Fed's two-day policy meeting.

The election is expected to bring radical leftist Syriza party to power. It has pledged to take on international lenders and roll back austerity measures.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro used his annual address to reassure the country about falling oil prices. He did not succeed.

British inflation last month unexpectedly tumbled to 0.5 percent, its lowest in more than 14 years and far below the BoE's 2 percent target.

U.S. markets managed to eke out a slight gain amid uncertainty about Asia and Europe.

The United Nations said that high levels of unemployment among young people could eventually lead to "social unrest."

Only days earlier, the World Bank reduced its forecast to 3 percent, down from the 3.4 percent it had estimated six months ago.

Each of the most-afflicted countries now has the capability to isolate and treat every Ebola patient, he says.

The bats were found in a tree where children played near the house of an Ebola index case.

Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone collectively owe the organization $372 million.