IMF / Fiscal Monitor January 2021 Forecast

Government spending support of $14 trillion has contributed to saving lives and livelihoods and has mitigated the effects of the pandemic on consumption and output, the IMF said in its Fiscal...

Jan 28, 2021 - NEWS

Kristalina Georgieva on IMF’s 2021 Outlook and Priorities

Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director, moderated a media roundtable on Wednesday, January 13th 2021 where she discussed the outlook for the global economic recovery, the impact from an...

Jan 13, 2021 - 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 / 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...

Oct 22, 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 / 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...

Oct 14, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF Georgieva Global Economy Outlook

The IMF says the world’s economy was “less dire” than it expected, but that there is still work to be done to help growth return in “the long ascent” back from crisis, Managing Director Kristalina...

Oct 06, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF Fiscal Monitor

IMF: Sharper increase in budget deficits and debts than during financial crisis The IMF is projecting a large-scale increase in debt all around the world because of the Covid-19 pandemic....

Apr 15, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF: ASIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWDOWN

Asia faces a significant growth slowdown, with forecasts for 2019 and 2020 calling for the “slowest growth pace after the global financial crisis,” according to the International Monetary Fund....

Oct 18, 2019 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS