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The IMF has forecast growth this year of 2.5% – much higher than the other main EU economies – and unemployment is at a 17-year low.

Luc Eyraud, the IMF's UK mission chief, said growth had been "very strong" in the first three months of the year.

While most “Mission: Impossible” films depict the public unaware of the catastrophic events the IMF is preventing right under our noses, “Final Reckoning” finds society in the throes of collapse.

Despite India's protests, the IMF board approved the second instalment of a $7bn loan, saying Islamabad had demonstrated strong programme implementation leading to a continuing economic recovery in Pakistan.

I was reminded of the time at the IMF in 2022 when developing country finance ministers asked me if everything was OK in Britain during the mini budget crisis of Liz Truss' government.