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IMF approves new $10.8 billion, two year credit line for Colombia

The renewal of the precautionary credit line comes as the coronavirus pandemic is expected to cause Colombia’s economy to contract for the first time in more than two decades, the IMF said.

Colombia received $250 million in emergency financing from the World Bank last month to help its health response to the pandemic.

US lawmakers open probe into coronavirus infections on Carnival cruise ships

April's jobs report showing millions out of work looms large in the week ahead