"KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA"

The IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Magdalena Andersson, the chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, the body that supervises the IMF’s work, held a press briefing Thursday where Andersson encouraged the multilateral leaders task force to accelerate access to vaccines and to facilitate coordination among international partners, which includes mobilizing critical financing. IMF

Members of the International Monetary and Finance Committee (IMFC) are meeting in Washington, DC Thursday. IMF

The IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva announced in her virtual press briefing on the Global Policy Agenda that more uncertainty in supply chain disruptions and inflation prospects, along with elevated debt levels and a persistent economic divergence are what lies ahead. IMF

The IMF has downgraded its global growth forecast slightly to 5.9 percent for this year in its World Economic Outlook, warning that ongoing pandemic is widening divergence between countries with access to adequate supplies of vaccine and those without. IMF

This event takes stock of the socio-economic and development impact of COVID-19 in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS) and identify opportunities to accelerate progress toward resilient recovery in the most fragile settings.

The IMF and World Bank are set to launch a hybrid version of their Annual Meetings in Washington, DC next week, from 12 to 23 October. IMF

The global growth will moderate slightly this year, IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva announced in her Annual Meetings Curtain Raiser speech which was hosted virtually by Bocconi University in Milan. IMF

The IMF’s $650 billion Special Drawing Rights allocation is a historic decision that’s seen as ‘a shot in the arm for the global economy’ at a time of unprecedented crisis, Fund spokesman Gerry Rice said in a press briefing in Washington DC on Thursday. IMF

The digital currency revolution is opening new opportunities, but regulators and the public need to manage new risks and threats IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said today in Washington, DC. IMF

Speakers call for sustainable, resilient post-pandemic recovery, stressing no one should be left behind, as high-level political forum begins annual session.