IMF / IMF Managing Director and IMFC’s Chair Press Briefing

The IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Magdalena Andersson, the chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, the body that supervises the IMF’s work, held a press...

Oct 14, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMFC Meeting

Members of the International Monetary and Finance Committee (IMFC) are meeting in Washington, DC Thursday (October 14). The meeting is held in the IMF headquarters during the Annual Meetings of...

Oct 14, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-B-ROLL-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / Fiscal Monitor October 2021 Press Briefing

Vitor Gaspar, Director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department sounded the alarm on three issues: the great vaccine divide, the great finance divide, and climate change in the Fiscal Monitor...

Oct 13, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / Managing Director on Global Policy Agenda

The IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva announced today (Wednesday, October 13) in her virtual press briefing on the Global Policy Agenda that more uncertainty in supply chain disruptions...

Oct 13, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / Global Financial Stability Report October 2021 Forecast

The IMF is warning in its latest Global Financial Stability Report that Covid-19’s lingering impact is fading optimism among investors, which could lead to financial tightening in the medium term,...

Oct 12, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / World Economic Outlook October 2021 Forecast

The IMF is lowering its global growth projection for 2021 slightly to 5.9 percent while keeping it unchanged for 2022 at 4.9 percent. However, this modest headline revision masks large downgrades...

Oct 12, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / 2021 Annual Meetings Advancer

The IMF and World Bank are set to launch a hybrid version of their Annual Meetings in Washington, DC next week (October 12-23). The Fund will launch the World Economic Outlook forecast for global...

Oct 07, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF / 2021 Annual Meetings MD Curtain Raiser Speech

The global growth will moderate slightly this year, IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva announced in her Annual Meetings Curtain Raiser speech which was hosted virtually by Bocconi...

Oct 05, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF / Special Drawing Rights, Afghanistan, Ukraine

The IMF’s $650 billion Special Drawing Rights allocation is a historic decision that’s seen as ‘a shot in the arm for the global economy’ at a time of unprecedented crisis, Fund spokesman Gerry...

Sep 16, 2021 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / World Economic Outlook July 2021 Update

The global economy is growing but widening gaps between advanced economies and many emerging market and developing economies are a concern the International Monetary Fund said in its latest update...

Jul 27, 2021 - FEATURES-NEWS