IMF Lagarde / Trade / Global Economy / Venezuela

The IMF hopes that countries can work cooperatively to reduce trade tensions and to reverse a ‘synchronized deceleration’ of global growth, Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Wednesday (June...

Jun 06, 2019 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF FAMILY PHOTO IMFC

The International Monetary and Financial Committee gathers in Washington for the IMF’s Spring Meetings. Leaders are looking to boost cooperation and communication to move the global economy to...

Apr 13, 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 Global Financial Stability Report

The IMF sees the global economy at a ‘delicate moment’ and financial markets need to act now to head off the growing risk of a major downturn, the Fund’s Financial Counselor Tobias Adrian says...

Apr 10, 2019 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF World Economic Outlook

The IMF sees the global economy slowing and is urging leaders around the world to handle this ‘delicate moment’ with care, the Fund’s chief economist Gita Gopinath says ahead of the launch of the...

Apr 09, 2019 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF “Delicate Moment” for Global Economy

The global economy is experiencing a “delicate moment” with growing risks to growth and an unsettled climate, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Tuesday in Washington. Citing trade...

Apr 02, 2019 - NEWS

IMF Argentina / Greece / Pakistan

The IMF is scheduled to hold technical talks with Pakistan beginning November 7 on how to best support that country’s economy, spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters Thursday (November 1) in...

Nov 01, 2018 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF PLENARY

At the open of the 2018 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund, President Joko Widodo of the host nation Indonesia compared relations among major economies to the...

Oct 12, 2018 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF-Lagarde Curtain Raiser Speech

The global economy is strong and growing, but trade tensions and complacency are a growing risk in the face of gathering economic storm clouds IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned Monday...

Oct 01, 2018 - NEWS