Gloomy mood ahead of IMF and World Bank spring meetings

The spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank begins today in Washington.

Gloomy mood ahead of IMF and World Bank spring meetings

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Until April 26, the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are held in Washington, D.C. The opportunity to update their forecasts on the world economy

The Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank will begin today in Washington and will last until April 26. The main topics will be global challenges such as the economic slowdown, the debt crisis, climate change and trade tensions. The Spring Meetings in Washington bring together central bank governors, finance and development ministers, members of parliament, private sector leaders, representatives of civil soc…

In January, the IMF projected an overall growth of 3.3 per cent for 2025 and 2026 (+0.1 per cent compared to October 2024), driven notably by the positive outlook for the United States. The Washington-based institution is expected to be less optimistic in its forecast for the future. In a speech delivered on Thursday, April 17, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva stressed that Trump's "resetting of the global trading system" would lead to…

Gabriel Mourad wrote in "Nidaa Al Watan": The US capital, Washington, is transforming these days into a meeting place for all countries of the world, with the "Spring Meetings" of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund convening from April 21 to 26. Ministerial and parliamentary delegations and central bank governors from more than 100 countries are attending, and with them, monetary and economic issues, as well as the topics of tran…