IMF Global Debate on the Economy

The global economy may be recovering, but there are significant challenges and it is not time to ease up on support, several key policy-makers said at the Spring Meetings of the IMF in Washington,...

Apr 08, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-FEATURES-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / Averting a COVID-19 Debt Trap

High-income countries may emerge from the COVID-19 crisis with very little scarring, while the developing countries’ economic outlook, particularly the poor of them, looks much worse. That’s what...

Apr 06, 2021 - FEATURES-NEWS

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/ IMFC Press Conference

IMFC calls on private creditors to join debt standstill The IMFC, the IMF’s governing body, underscored the importance of the Fund in fighting the economic crisis caused by the Coronavirus...

Apr 16, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF Spring Meetings Georgieva Press Conference

IMF urges countries to spend all they can during Coronavirus pandemic The IMF is laying out a plan for countries to follow as a roadmap to recovery. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva...

Apr 15, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF Georgieva Coronavirus

It is premature to gauge the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak on China's economy, but it will certainly impact the first quarter, International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva...

Jan 30, 2020 - NEWS