IMF Growth Slowdown / Lebanon / Tunisia

The International Monetary Fund sees further slowdown hitting global economic growth in 2022, IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice said on Thursday in Washington, DC, following moves by the World Bank and...

Jun 09, 2022 - FEATURES-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF Ukraine / Sri Lanka / Food Security

As the G7 meets, the IMF is working to secure emergency funding to help Ukraine while it is fending off a Russian invasion, Fund spokesman Gerry Rice said Thursday in Washington, DC (May 19). “Our...

May 19, 2022 - FEATURES-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF Africa Regional Economic Outlook

The IMF sees a challenging economic outlook for Africa due to the war in Ukraine and lingering impact of pandemic, but there are reasons to be optimistic as well, Africa Department Director Abe...

Apr 28, 2022 - FEATURES-NEWS

IMF / Brazil, Inflation, and Lebanon

The IMF has agreed with the Brazilian authorities to close the IMF Representation Office in Brasilia by June 30, 2022, when the term of the current IMF Representative expires a Fund spokesman...

Dec 16, 2021 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF Georgieva Africa Senegal Vaccines

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva visited a vaccine institute during her first trip to Africa since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in Dakar, Senegal Saturday (December 11). She was...

Dec 13, 2021 - NEWS

IMF Georgieva Africa Kinshasa

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has just completed her first trip to Africa since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic with a visit to Kinshasa, DRC Wednesday and Thursday (December 8-9)...

Dec 09, 2021 - B-ROLL-NEWS

IMF / 2021 Preliminary Assessment of the Euro Area Economy

The euro area is recovering rapidly since the second quarter of 2021 after falling by about 6½ percent in 2020, the IMF Monday, (December 6 2021) in Brussels, Belgium.  “The euro area economy is...

Dec 06, 2021 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF Georgieva Inflation Growth

The head of the IMF warned that inflation and emergence of new Covid-19 variants is threatening global growth prospects, Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday in Washington, DC. “Even before the...

Dec 03, 2021 - FEATURES-NEWS

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