"KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a ministerial roundtable hosted by the World Bank Group and the Ukrainian Government “with your financial support we will quickly rebuild our nation.” WORLD BANK

The US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell signaled a half-point rate hike is in the cards soon to combat inflation. IMF

The new Chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) issued a statement recognizing that Russia’s war against Ukraine has massive humanitarian consequences and detrimental repercussions for the global economy. IMF

The world is facing a “crisis within a crisis” and needs unity in response to inflation and risks of food insecurity, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday. IMF

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva raised the 2022 Spring Meetings curtain today (Thursday, April 14) in an event hosted by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace where she stated that the world is facing a crisis on top of a crisis: First, the pandemic, and second, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. IMF

The IMF expects that global growth will slow in 2022 but remain positive despite lingering effects of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the IMF’s Managing Director and First Deputy Managing Director announced in an event hosted by Foreign Policy Magazine Live on Tuesday. IMF

The President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, held a meeting on the African country’s economy with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Friday at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF

A downward revision of the IMF’s global growth projections is expected next month with the release of the World Economic Outlook during 2022’s Spring Meetings, the Fund's Managing Director announced on Thursday in a closed virtual press briefing. IMF

Women’s economic empowerment would yield huge dividends for peacebuilding efforts, speakers tell Security Council, urging greater action to end gender barriers.