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‘Think of the unthinkable and prepare for it’, IMF warns on Iran war fallout

MF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
Published on Mar 09, 2026 12:31 pm IST

IMF deputy Gita Gopinath to step down in August, return to Harvard

Gita Gopinath, first deputy managing director of International Monetary Fund (IMF),
Published on Jul 22, 2025 04:59 am IST

IMF cuts penalty surcharge for world’s most indebted nations like Ukraine, Egypt

A participant stands near a logo of IMF at the International Monetary Fund-World Bank annual meeting at ,Bali, Indonesia.
Published on Oct 12, 2024 01:24 pm IST

Financial stability challenges need to be discussed, IMF MD echoes RBI governor

Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Published on Jun 08, 2024 03:31 pm IST

‘Artificial intelligence hitting labour forces like a tsunami’: IMF chief

Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Published on May 14, 2024 01:46 am IST

IMF chief urges attention to war-ravaged Yemen, Sudan

IMF chief urges attention to war-ravaged Yemen, Sudan
Updated on Oct 03, 2025 04:23 pm IST

Watch: IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva dances to Odia folk upon arrival in Delhi

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva shakes a leg as she receives a traditional welcome upon her arrival at the airport ahead of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi.
Published on Sept 08, 2023 08:23 pm IST

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva to visit China tomorrow

Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Published on Aug 29, 2023 04:49 pm IST

India, China to account for half of global economic growth in 2023: IMF

IMF chief warned that a sharp slowdown in the world economy last year.
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 11:51 am IST

China must show it can play by world debt-revamp rules: IMF

China has prevented progress on debt talks for Zambia — which is participating in the Common Framework — with its call for loans from multilateral development banks and domestic creditors to be included in the country’s restructuring.
Published on Apr 06, 2023 10:26 pm IST

IMF chief expects less than 3% global economic growth in 2023

Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Published on Apr 06, 2023 10:00 pm IST

Global growth slowing to below 3% due to Ukraine war: IMF chief

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva was speaking at the China Development Forum 2023, in Beijing.
Published on Mar 26, 2023 04:31 pm IST

‘Inflation finally trimming’: IMF chief's optimistic assessment of world economy

Kristalina Georgieva: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva is seen.
Updated on Feb 15, 2023 08:31 am IST

One-third of world economy to be in recession: IMF chief's dire warning

Kristalina Georgieva: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva is seen.
Updated on Jan 02, 2023 01:45 pm IST

India’s high growth rate 'positive news' for world: IMF

IMF chief Georgieva noted India's well-targeted policy mix that has helped the economy to remain resilient even with limited fiscal space.
Published on Apr 21, 2022 08:13 am IST

IMF likely to downgrade global economic estimates as Omicron threat looms large 

The new strain could further destabilize economies that are still emerging from Covid-19 related lockdowns and disruptions. In picture - Covid-19 testing site in Times Square, New York, US.
Published on Dec 04, 2021 09:30 am IST

IMF warns of 'economic collapse' unless G20 extends debt relief

The World Bank estimates that debt loads in poor countries surged 12 percent to a record $860 billion in 2020 amid the pandemic.
Published on Dec 03, 2021 03:33 am IST

Why World Bank junked its ease of doing business rankings

The World Bank is canceling a prominent report on business conditions around the world after investigators found staff members were pressured by the bank’s leaders to alter data about China and some other governments. Georgieva said she disagreed with the findings.
Updated on Sept 18, 2021 03:04 am IST

Why World Bank junked its ease of doing business rankings

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Updated on Sept 18, 2021 03:02 am IST

IMF head accused of swaying report in China's favour, risks undermined authority

In this file photo taken on May 18, 2021, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during a joint press conference at the end of the Summit on the Financing of African Economies in Paris. 
Published on Sept 17, 2021 08:51 am IST

IMF chief Georgieva says did not alter World Bank report to appease China

Georgieva on September 16, 2021, disputed an independent investigation which found that in her previous job at the World Bank, she pressed staff to alter a report to avoid angering China. The World Bank announced Thursday that it was immediately discontinuing its Doing Business report after the investigation found irregularities in the 2018 and 2020 editions.
Updated on Sept 17, 2021 04:51 am IST

IMF projects 11.5% growth rate for India in 2021

Early this month, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva had said that India “actually has taken very decisive action, very decisive steps to deal with the pandemic and to deal with the economic consequences of it”.
Published on Jan 26, 2021 06:58 pm IST

Covid-19 could disrupt global recovery, says IMF director

Dr. Rafik Abdou checks on a Covid-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles, Thursday.
Published on Nov 20, 2020 07:16 am IST

IMF tells Britain to keep spending to fend off coronavirus crisis

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the Bank of England should continue to keep monetary policy accommodative
Published on Oct 29, 2020 11:00 pm IST

World facing new Bretton Woods moment: IMF MD

Since the pandemic began, IMF has committed over USD 100 billion , says IMF MD
Updated on Oct 15, 2020 05:07 pm IST

IMF recommends three policy priorities to overcome Covid-19 crisis

Given their heavy debt burdens, they are now struggling to maintain vital policy support. They need access to more grants, concessional credit, and debt relief, the IMF chief said.
Updated on Oct 14, 2020 08:14 pm IST

Covid-19 downturn not as bad as feared; crisis not over: IMF chief

Georgieva credited the “extraordinary policy measures that put a floor under the world economy” which amounted to $12 trillion in fiscal support to households and firms.
Updated on Oct 06, 2020 07:14 pm IST

Covid-19: A large global contraction in the first half of 2020 inevitable, says IMF

Global contraction of coronavirus in the first of 2020 is inevitable , IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva said.
Updated on Apr 18, 2020 06:47 am IST

RBI ex-governor Raghuram Rajan is IMF key external advisory panel’s new member

Rajan, 57, who was the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor for three years until September 2016, is currently working as a professor at the prestigious University of Chicago.
Updated on Apr 11, 2020 03:12 pm IST

Covid-19 update: World should brace for worst economic fallout since Great Depression, says IMF chief

Times Square is quiet as people jog through a rain storm during the coronavirus pandemic in New York.
Updated on Apr 10, 2020 08:07 am IST