IMF / Sub-Saharan Africa October 2021 Regional Economic Outlook

The IMF is predicting that the pandemic has permanently lowered the path of real GDP in sub-Saharan Africa, suggesting a loss of real per capita output of close to 5.6 percent in the latest issue...

Oct 21, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-FEATURES-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / Middle East and Central Asia October 2021 Regional Economic Outlook

The recovery in the Middle East and Central Asia region is uneven and incomplete and must fully take hold throughout the region, announced the IMF in a press briefing held today (Tuesday, October...

Oct 19, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-FEATURES-NEWS

IMF Asia Economic Outlook Inflation Philippines

The IMF is downgrading economic growth in Asia due to Covid-19 and warning that US financial tightening to combat inflation may negatively impact the region in the newly released Asia Pacific...

Oct 19, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-FEATURES-NEWS

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 / 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 / Fiscal Monitor October 2021 Forecast

The pandemic has led to an unprecedented increase in debt—issued by governments, nonfinancial corporations, and households the IMF estimated in the latest Fiscal Monitor report. In 2020 global...

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

IMF WEO Global Growth Forecast

The IMF has downgraded its global growth forecast slightly to 5.9% for this year in its World Economic Outlook, warning that ongoing pandemic is widening divergence between countries with access...

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 / 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

IMF / $50 Billion Proposal, Cameroon, and India

The IMF expressed its concern that the world is facing a two-track pandemic that is causing a two-track economic recovery with negative consequences for everybody in a press briefing held today...

Jun 10, 2021 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS