Kristalina Georgieva
Brnabic: Arrangement with IMF to help energy sector, stability
DUBAI- Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Monday Serbia had signed a 2.4 bln euro stand-by arrangement with the IMF that would in part be used for the energy sector and, in part, for stability.
Mali: Serbia example of responsible fiscal, monetary policy
BELGRADE - Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Wednesday Serbia was an example of a responsible fiscal and monetary policy, as also testified by praise from the IMF.
The fact the IMF has decided to sign another agreement with us is another proof of that, Mali told the RTS.
Ukraine claims new gains, welcomes Western air defense pledge
Ukraine said on Oct. 13 it had reclaimed more territory in the south and welcomed a Western pledge to deliver air defense systems to Kiev "as fast as we can" after days of intense Russian missile strikes.
A US-led group of around 50 countries held talks at the NATO headquarters in Brussels and vowed to deliver new anti-missile systems to Kiev.
Day 202 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Kyiv has Recaptured 1 Percent of its Territory this Month
Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:
Zelensky accused Russia of energy terror over Europe
Kristalina Georgieva: A Global Recession is Possible
"The situation in the world economy is extremely unstable and recessions are not excluded", the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, said in an interview with Reuters.
Asked about a possible global recession, the fund manager stressed: "The risk has increased, so it cannot be ruled out."
IMF chief: Ukraine war and inflation threaten global economy
The head of the International Monetary Fund warned on April 14 that Russia's war against Ukraine was weakening the economic prospects for most of the world's countries and called high inflation "a clear and present danger" to the global economy.
European supply constraints could last into 2023, IMF warns
Supply constraints that held back growth in Europe last year by an amount equal to some countries' normal rates of expansion could last into 2023, the IMF warned yesterday.
Without these constraints that included factory closures and component shortages, growth last year would have been about two percentage points higher, the Washington-based crisis lender said in a blog.
IMF disburses $1 bn for Pakistan
The IMF has approved a $1 billion loan disbursement for Pakistan after signaling approval with recent government reforms.
The money comes from an agreement that was approved in July 2019 for a $6 billion loan over a period of more than three years under the Washington-based crisis lender's Extended Fund Facility.
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Kristalina Georgieva: The World Economy is Slowing Down because of the US, China and Omicron
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, said there were two reasons for the slowdown in the global economic recovery.
"The first is because the two big drivers of growth, the United States and China, have slowed," she told CNN International.
BSMEPA and BDB will host the 17th annual meeting of INSME in Sofia on December 9-10
The Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency and the Bulgarian Development Bank are co-organizers of the hybrid event, which will be held on December 9 and 10, 2021 at the Grand Hotel Millennium Sofia, as well as online.