IMF / IMFC Press Briefing Spring Meetings 2021

The global economy is recovering from the crisis faster than expected last October, thanks to an unprecedented policy response and rapid progress in vaccine development, announced IMFC Chair...

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

IMF World Economic Outlook

Global growth is getting an upgrade, but prospects for recovery are still highly uncertain due to the race between rolling out vaccines and mutations to COVID-19 the IMF says in its latest...

Apr 06, 2021 - FEATURES-NEWS

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

IMF / Global Financial Stability Report January 2021 Release

The IMF said the approval and rollout of vaccines has boosted expectations of a global recovery and lifted risk asset prices, despite rising COVID-19 cases and persistent uncertainties surrounding...

Jan 27, 2021 - NEWS

IMF / IMF Managing Director 2021 Outlook and Priorities

“We are still faced with tremendous uncertainties” said IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in her first media appearance in 2021 as she addressed the exit from the COVID-19 health crisis,...

Jan 15, 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 / 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 / GLOBAL FINANCIAL STABILITY REPORT

The IMF sees that the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an extraordinary contraction of the global economy, but policy makers should remain vigilant as financial vulnerabilities are rising, the...

Oct 13, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF Global Economy/ China/ Argentina/ Lebanon

The global economy is beginning to turn a corner and the outlook looks less dire than expected, but “we are not out of the woods” said IMF spokesman Gerry Rice in a virtual news briefing Thursday...

Sep 24, 2020 - FEATURES-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF WEO Global Growth Forecast

The International Monetary Fund is downgrading global growth significantly in its latest update to the World Economic Outlook forecast, with the COVID-19 pandemic setting the world economy back by...

Jun 24, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS