IMF Argentina / Egypt / Lebanon

The IMF supports ongoing dialog between Argentina and its creditors as that country deals with its debt burden, spokesman Gerry Rice said in a virtual news briefing Thursday in Washington, DC....

May 21, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF World Bank Coronavirus

Today the IMF and World Bank Group announced additional measures taken to curtail the impact of the corona virus on the world’s economy and health. At a news conference in Washington, DC...

Mar 04, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF Georgieva Lunar New Year Coronavirus

China is facing economic challenges due to the outbreak of coronavirus, but International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva issued a statement of support Thursday. IMF Executive Director...

Feb 03, 2020 - B-ROLL-NEWS

IMF Somalia Debt Relief

Somalia has won international support to help it advance in the process of debt relief, the head of the IMF announced Wednesday (Dec. 18) in Washington. “We have very good news from the IMF...

Dec 18, 2019 - NEWS

IMF Giving Tuesday

Staff at the International Monetary Fund marked Giving Tuesday by volunteering to pack over 1,000 boxes of winter essentials to distribute to the homeless in Washington, DC. Forecasters are...

Dec 03, 2019 - B-ROLL-NEWS

IMFC PRESSER

The world’s financial leaders vowed to work together to counter what the International Monetary Fund has called a “synchronized slowdown” of global economic growth. The IMC’s policymaking body met...

Oct 19, 2019 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF African Economies

Sub-Saharan Africa’s regional economy is strengthening, with growth forecast to rise from 3 percent in 2018 to 3.5 percent in 2019, according to the International Monetary Fund. “Sub-Saharan...

Apr 12, 2019 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF G20 PHOTO OP

Central bank governors and finance ministers of the G20 nations met in Washington on Friday at the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Leaders are looking to boost...

Apr 12, 2019 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF NATURE AND GLOBAL ECONOMY

International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde and famed Naturalist and Broadcaster David Attenborough are drawing links between the natural world and the global economy and calling for action to...

Apr 11, 2019 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF MNUCHIN

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the International Monetary Fund and World Bank are important partners in addressing global economic issues. “I think that the IMF and World Bank are...

Apr 10, 2019 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS