“Yes, the recovery is likely to continue, but against stronger winds,” announced IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in an event hosted by the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC (Wednesday, January 12). Georgieva expressed…
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The IMF has agreed with the Brazilian authorities to close the IMF Representation Office in Brasilia by June 30, 2022, when the term of the current IMF Representative expires a Fund spokesman announced in a…
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IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva visited a vaccine institute during her first trip to Africa since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in Dakar, Senegal Saturday (December 11). She was briefed by staff and leadership…
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IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has arrived in Dakar on the second leg of her first trip to Africa since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic Friday (December 10) She began two days of meetings…
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IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has just completed her first trip to Africa since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic with a visit to Kinshasa, DRC Wednesday and Thursday (December 8-9) She met with President…
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The euro area is recovering rapidly since the second quarter of 2021 after falling by about 6½ percent in 2020, the IMF Monday, (December 6 2021) in Brussels, Belgium. “The euro area economy is recovering…
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The head of the IMF warned that inflation and emergence of new Covid-19 variants is threatening global growth prospects, Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday in Washington, DC. “Even before the arrival of this new variant, we…
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Inflation pressures have increased in most economies, but as supply-demand imbalances ease there should be a cooling of inflationary pressure next year, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said Thursday, (Nov. 18) in a press briefing in…
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The IMF announced today (Thursday, November 4) that the G20 welcomed the $650 billion Special Drawing Rights allocation from the IMF. This allocation was implemented over the summer and now the Fund is working on…
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The world is at a turning point on climate change on the eve of the global COP26 meeting in Glasgow next week, IMF Managing Director Kristalina said Thursday (October 28) in Washington, DC. “The world…
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