-
IMF / Western Hemisphere Regional Economic Outlook Press Briefing
COVID-19 has hit Latin America and the Caribbean harder than other parts of the world, both in human and economic terms, the IMF reported on Thursday (Oct.22) in Washington, DC. The IMF forecasts...
-
IMF / Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook Report Press Briefing
Sub-Sahara Africa is headed for its worst economic decline on record, the IMF reported Thursday (Oct. 22) in Washington, DC. The IMF forecasts a 3 percent decline in sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP in...
-
IMF / European Regional Economic Outlook Press Briefing
The IMF’s economic outlook for Europe forecasts a 7% decline in Europe's GDP in 2020 and an uneven and partial recovery from this crisis as the second wave of infection intensifies, announced...
-
IMF Asia Economic Outlook
The IMF is predicting the worst economic decline in Asia in generations due to Covid-19 and warning that rising inequality could lead to social unrest in the newly released Asia Pacific Regional...
-
IMF / New Economy Forum: The Great Lockdown and Jobs: Who is Shut Out?
Women and youth are facing the hardest impact from the Covid-19 crisis, but there are ways to target support directly to them officials from the IMF and Vodafone explained Tuesday (October 20th)...
-
IMF / Cross-Border Payments—A Vision for the Future
Central bank digital currencies backed by digitalization and technology could replace traditional cash in cross-border payments in some economies but with proper safeguards, said the IMF in...
-
IMF / Middle East and Central Asia Press Briefing
Jihad Azour, Director of Middle East and Central Asia Department, at the IMF announced the release of Middle East and Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook on Monday Oct. 19. He said that in 2020...
-
IMF / Principality of Andorra becomes IMF’s 190th Member
The Ambassador of Andorra, Elisenda Vives Balmaña, visited the IMF headquarters on Friday (October 16) to sign the IMF’s Articles of Agreement of the Principality of Andorra joining the...
-
IMF / Debate on Global Economy
With the world economy hit by the biggest shock in the postwar era, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, Sri Mulyani, Finance...
-
IMF / Conversation with Kristalina Georgieva and Melinda Gates
The IMF hosted a conversation between IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, and Melinda Gates, Co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Wednesday, October 14. The conversation was...
-
IMF Georgieva Global Growth
Now is the not the time for governments to pull back on supporting their economies the head of the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday (October 14) in Washington, DC. “The picture over the...
-
IMF / FISCAL MONITOR PRESS CONFERENCE
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) stressed the importance of not pulling the plug of fiscal support used to fight the COVID-19 pandemic to limit long term scarring. The Fund’s Director of the...
