IMF / IMF Managing Director 2021 Outlook and Priorities

“We are still faced with tremendous uncertainties” said IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in her first media appearance in 2021 as she addressed the exit from the COVID-19 health crisis,...

Jan 15, 2021 - NEWS

IMF 2021 Update/ Vaccine Rollout/Argentina

The IMF will remain committed to help members secure a durable exit from the COVID-19 crisis, minimize its long-term scarring, and build forward a stronger, fairer, and greener economy spokesman...

Jan 14, 2021 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF Argentina/ Mozambique/ US

The IMF announced today (December 3rd, 2020) in a press briefing that a small team from the Argentine Economy Ministry is planning a visit to Washington this week and that the discussions between...

Dec 03, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / Euro Area 2020 Article IV Consultation

The IMF announced that the COVID-19 pandemic is leading to severe socio-economic dislocations and hardship despite an unprecedented policy response in the Euro Area on Monday Nov. 30. The...

Nov 30, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / Tobias Adrian at IMF Policy Dialogue: New Policy Frameworks for a "Lower-for-Longer" World

The challenges associated with COVID-19 have called for exceptional policy responses said IMF’s Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department as...

Nov 24, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / IMF Policy Dialogue: New Policy Frameworks for a "Lower-for-Longer" World

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing an unprecedented global economic contraction, leading many central banks to reduce interest rates to historically low levels and to rely more heavily on...

Nov 24, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / Financing the COVID-19 Response and Resilient Recovery

“This is a crisis like no other,” said Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director, in a conversation on global economic prospects and the COVID-19 response and recovery with Center for Global...

Oct 30, 2020 - NEWS

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...

Oct 23, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

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...

Oct 21, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

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...

Oct 21, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS