Global
KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA April 12, 2024
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva kicks off the 2024 IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings from the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, with her customary curtain raiser speech. Go to IMF.org to follow the Annual Meetings and find all the IMF flagship reports, including the World Economic Outlook, the Global Financial Stability Report, and the Fiscal Monitor.
KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA March 21, 2024
John Maynard Keynes' novel lectures at King’s College, Cambridge, inspired economists and policymakers of the time and continues to do so a hundred years later. In this podcast, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivers a speech inspired by one of Keynes’ lectures to a young audience at the very same King’s College.
Global / Industrial production
MICHELE RUTA February 22, 2024
Economists have been predicting the return of industrial policy of late- and there’s no question it’s back, but what does today’s industrial policy look like? Michele Ruta is a trade expert at the IMF, and along with some colleagues compiled a new dataset that shows the extent to which new industrial policies are being used and what their real impact might be on the global economy.
Global / Central banks
Shaktikanta Das November 9, 2023
The world of money is changing fast and central banks are at the very center of that change. Shaktikanta Das is the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, which is responsible for regulating currency and securing monetary stability for the world’s 5th largest economy. In this podcast, Das sits down with IMF Asia and Pacific Department head, Krishna Srinivasan, to discuss RBI’s strategy for today and for the future.
Global / Development
KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA October 6, 2023
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva kicked off the 2023 Annual Meetings in Marrakech with her customary curtain raiser speech from Cote d’Ivoire. It’s the first time since 1973 that the Annual Meetings are held in Africa and Georgieva says it’s an opportunity to pave the way to the next 50 years.
Global / Globalization
RAGHURAM RAJAN October 19, 2022
Amid growing calls to deglobalize the economy, Raghuram Rajan says not so fast.
François Villeroy de Galhau, KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA September 22, 2022
In his lecture, Governor de Galhau says today's multiple crises are challenging public trust in central banks.
Nicholas Mulder August 30, 2022
Sanctions are not new, but they deliver bigger global shocks and are easier to avoid than at any time in history.
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas June 17, 2022
In this podcast, IMF Chief Economist, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas discusses what fragmentation of the global economy might mean for the dominance of the US dollar in the international monetary and financial system.
Global / Health
KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA April 23, 2020
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on economies across the globe, economists are trying to figure out what the best path forward is for countries at different stages of the pandemic.
KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA March 23, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is having a profound impact on lives and economies around the world.
MARTIN MÜHLEISEN March 20, 2020
The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on just about every aspect of life around the world. The limited human contact required to contain the spread of the virus is hindering economic activity and in turn, putting enormous pressure on the global economy.
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