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 moderated by Becky Anderson, host of Connect…
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Now is the not the time for governments to pull back on supporting their economies the head of the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday (October 14) in Washington, DC. “The picture over the last couple…
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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 Fiscal Affairs Department…
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is cautioning that widening deficits and sharply falling economic activity has caused public debt to hit record levels in the Covid-19 crisis. Public debt has jumped up to about 100…
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The IMF hosted a seminar titled “Post COVID-19 Recover and Resilience” on Tuesday, October 13. The panel was moderated by Francine Lacqua, anchor from Bloomberg TV, and included Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International…
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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 measures but the…
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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 Gopinath said Tuesday (October 13) in…
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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 Fund’s Financial Counselor Tobias Adrian said ahead…
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Monday October, 12 marks the first day of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Board of Governors of the World Bank Group (WBG) 2020 virtual Annual Meetings where central bankers, ministers of finance and…
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The world needs to make positive changes and set the path for sustainable recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday. Speaking virtually to the members of…
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