{
  "id": 15150793,
  "title": "World : IMF Official Highlights Mounting Global Fiscal Challenges",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/world-imf-official-highlights-mounting-global-fiscal-challenges",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T05:54:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2621734"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Governments in almost all economies face pressing fiscal challenges, with high debt levels, higher interest rates and growing demands for public spending, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official has said.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}