Key leadership figures debated the global economy on Thursday afternoon, moderated by CNN Anchor Richard Quest. Among the main topics for debate was the need for institutions to work together to achieve a cohesive growth…
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The IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva set out the Fund’s Global Policy Agenda during her press briefing Thursday morning. Georgieva’s overarching message was that fiscal policy and monetary policy must go hand in hand, as…
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The global economy is slowing amid continued tight financing conditions, announced Vitor Gaspar, Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the IMF today (Wednesday, October 12, 2022) in Washington, DC. A sharp downturn would further…
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The IMF issued a gloomy forecast for global growth, downgrading its forecast for 2023 in its World Economic Outlook report issued Tuesday in Washington, D.C. IMF Chief Economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Petya Koeva Brooks and Daniel…
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The IMF annual meeting is taking place as the world grapples with the sharpest slowdown in economic activity in 80 years, rising inflation, a food and energy crisis, the war in Ukraine, the continuing impact…
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The IMF is downgrading its global economic growth forecast, the IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva announced in a speech to students in Washington, DC’s Georgetown University campus (Thursday, Oct. 6). “We always come around the…
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The world’s financial leaders are set to meet in Washington, DC next week for the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. Rising inflation, economic impact of the war in Ukraine and the lingering effects of…
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In a press briefing held today (Thursday, Sept. 15), the IMF announced that it is aiming to operationalize the Resilience and Sustainability Trust around the 2022 Annual Meetings which will take place from October 10…
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Argentina’s Minister of Economy Sergio Massa visited the IMF headquarters Monday in Washington, DC (September 12) to meet with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. The meeting took place after a fruitful week of face-to-face technical…
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The IMF Board approved a new Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement for Zambia today, Wednesday August 31st, 2022. The $1.3 billion 38-month program is based on Zambia homegrown economic reform plan and will help restore…
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