IMF / Debate on Global Economy

With the world economy hit by the biggest shock in the postwar era, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, Sri Mulyani, Finance...

Oct 15, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF / Conversation with Kristalina Georgieva and Melinda Gates

The IMF hosted a conversation between IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, and Melinda Gates, Co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Wednesday, October 14. The conversation was...

Oct 14, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF / Global Financial Stability Report Presser

The IMF says that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a unique shock to the global economy but the near-term financial stability risks have been contained for now, thanks to the unprecedented policy...

Oct 13, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF WEO Global Growth Forecast

The International Monetary Fund forecasts a slow and uncertain recovery from the Covid-19 crisis in its latest update to the World Economic Outlook forecast, the Fund’s chief economist Gita...

Oct 13, 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 Global Financial Stability Report

Easing monetary and financial conditions have supported markets and investors, but a rise in leverage and debt is a risk to stability, the IMF’s Financial Counselor Tobias Adrian said Thursday...

Jun 25, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF Georgieva Coronavirus Impact

The IMF is gathering data to assess the full impact of the coronavirus outbreak in China, but hopes to see a ‘Vee-shaped’ recovery, Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Wednesday...

Feb 12, 2020 - NEWS

IMF Georgieva Coronavirus

It is premature to gauge the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak on China's economy, but it will certainly impact the first quarter, International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva...

Jan 30, 2020 - NEWS

IMFC PRESSER

The world’s financial leaders vowed to work together to counter what the International Monetary Fund has called a “synchronized slowdown” of global economic growth. The IMC’s policymaking body met...

Oct 19, 2019 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS