It devotes disproportionate time and resources to work on climate change, gender, and social issues,” Bessent said.

The IMF MD stressed the need for rebalancing policies — fiscal, monetary, and structural — that reduce vulnerabilities and mitigate trade frictions ...

The global economy is likely to avoid a recession despite the hit to growth from US President Donald Trump's tariff rollout, ...

Bilateral trade negotiations that could follow the current uncertainty might result in countries that did not normally trade with each other to engage in trade, Ms. Georgieva said. In some ...

The global economy is likely to avoid a recession despite the hit to growth from US President Donald Trump's tariff rollout, ...

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva ... Uncertainty is costly’ – Georgieva said the current tariff tensions would likely have three major consequences for ...

Trade disruptions "incur costs," IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told ... to hit 3.3 percent in 2025 and 2026. Georgieva said the current tariff tensions would likely have three ...

While the current impact was moderate, Georgieva warned that many countries had used up their fiscal and monetary space during COVID and now had high debt levels, limiting their ability to respond ...

The IMF announcement, delivered blocks from the White House, opens a week packed with reports that will test the impact of ...

Kristalina Georgieva, the Governor; Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso and Nigeria's Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr . Wale Edun, have pledged to ...