Tag: Kristalina Georgieva

• Monday, July 18th 2022 - 09:05 UTC

  Somber future ahead for Argentina's economy

  

  Foreign Analysts do not see a bright future ahead for Argentina's economy. While some place it among the countries most likely to default its debt, others fear it might not survive a new adjustment to the basic interest rates by the United States.

• Wednesday, June 29th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  IMF wires nearly US$ 4bn to Argentina's coffers

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has wired US$ 3,980 million to Argentina, thus boosting the country's reserves to US$ 42,139 million, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  IMF: inflation is Argentina's main threat

  

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Wednesday said the greatest risk facing Argentina was inflation. She made those remarks during a speech at the Joint Assembly of the IMF and the World Bank in Washington, DC.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  IMF chief warns on consequences of the Russia/Ukraine conflict for poorer countries

  

  IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva fears that the current situation with the Russia/Ukraine conflict could lead to an explosive situation in many of the poor countries with inflated prices, less jobs and overwhelming debts and called for greater global cooperation.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  President Fernández, Georgieva hold talk ahead of IMF's board vote

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday held a virtual meeting with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, during which he ratified his Government's commitment to the new program agreed upon.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Financial rescue for embattled Ukraine from IMF and World Bank

  

  The World Bank Group announced on Wednesday that it had stopped all its programs in Russia and Belarus, with immediate effect, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and hostilities against the people of Ukraine.

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  IMF's Kristalina Georgieva: “We must fight inflation without impairing the recovery”

  

  International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva made the following statement at the virtual meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors:

• Thursday, February 10th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  The Future of Money: Gearing up for Central Bank Digital Currency

  

  By Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director – Let me start by thanking the Atlantic Council for providing a fitting venue to discuss central banks’ forays into Digital Currencies.

• Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  IMF chief warns indebted countries on Fed's announced policy of higher rates

  

  The IMF managing director warned that interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve could have serious implications for counties with high levels of debt in dollars, “cold water” on already weak economic recoveries, or in the process of negotiating debts.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Not Yet on Track: Climate Threat Demands More Ambitious Global Action

  

  By Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director – In 1785, Robert Burns reflected on how humanity has come to dominate our planet: “I’m truly sorry man’s dominion, has broken nature’s social union,” he wrote. The Scottish poet’s words still ring true two centuries later.