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In this Oct. 19, 2019 file photo, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during a news conference after the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting, at the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

IMF, World Bank condemn invasion, prepare emergency aid for Ukraine

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 6, 2021, file photo, Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), delivers a speech during the opening ceremony for the Floating Office where a high-level dialogue on climate adaptation takes place in Rotterdam, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

IMF board confident about leader despite data-rigging claims

By Martin Crutsinger and Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

In this Aug. 19, 2021, photo, Taliban fighters display their flag on patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

IMF to withhold $460M in funds from Afghanistan after Taliban takeover

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 15, 2020 file photo, a billboard urges people to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Middle East economies are recovering from the coronavirus pandemic faster than anticipated, largely due to the acceleration of mass inoculation campaigns and an increase in oil prices. But the International Monetary Fund warned Sunday, April 11, 2021, that an uneven vaccine distribution would derail the region's rebound, as the prospects of rich and poor countries diverge. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

IMF: Vaccine inequity threatens Mideast’s economic recovery

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020 file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell listens during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Powell on Thursday, April 8, 2021 said the U.S. economy, boosted by quickening vaccinations and signs of rapid hiring, is headed toward a strong recovery, though he cautioned not all will immediately benefit. (Al Drago/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Fed’s Powell: US nears full reopening to ‘different economy’

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - Associated Press

A poster is displayed on the International Monetary Fund building, Monday, April 5, 2021, in Washington. The IMF and the World Bank open their virtual spring meetings. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

IMF policy panel endorses $650 billion increase in resources

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

Major economies support $650 billion boost in IMF resources

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2020 file photo, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva attends the Paris Peace Forum at The Elysee Palace in Paris. Georgieva said Tuesday, March 30, 2021, that when the IMF releases its updated economic forecast next week, it will show the global economy growing at a faster pace than the 5.5% gain it projected at the start of the year. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

IMF upgrades forecast for 2021 global growth to a record 6%

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

In this Dec. 13, 2017, file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington. Yellen on Monday, April 5, 2021, urged the adoption of a minimum global corporate income tax, an effort to offset any disadvantages that might arise from the Biden administration’s proposed increase in the U.S. corporate tax rate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Yellen calls for minimum global corporate income tax

By Christopher Rugaber - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2020 file photo, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva attends the Paris Peace Forum at The Elysee Palace in Paris. Georgieva said Tuesday, March 30, 2021, that when the IMF releases its updated economic forecast next week, it will show the global economy growing at a faster pace than the 5.5% gain it projected at the start of the year. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

IMF head: global growth prospects rising but dangers remain

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

G7 suggest boosting IMF reserves to help vulnerable nations

Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb.3, 2021 file photo, a man registers to make a medical appointment and get the COVID-19 vaccine, in Algiers, Algeria. In a new report released Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, the International Monetary Fund said broad access to different coronavirus vaccines remains crucial for an economic recovery in the Mideast. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum, File)

IMF says vaccines to fuel Mideast recovery, tough path ahead

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Registered Nurse Lisa Strickland, left, administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Tracy Atkinson during the drive-up inoculation event at Craig Houghton Elementary School in Augusta, Ga., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)

COVID-19 vaccines to goose global growth in 2021, IMF predicts

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

The full moon rises on the Athenian sky above the ancient Acropolis hill during cloudy night , on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

IMF: Greek debt sustainable despite pandemic-linked spike

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2020, file photo, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, attends a session on the first day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany. Georgieva said Thursday, Nov. 19, that the while the United States and other major economies turned in better-than-expected economic performances in the third quarter the world now faces slower momentum with a resurgence in coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)

IMF director: virus could disrupt global recovery

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

IMF blames resurgent coronavirus for UK growth downgrades

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov.13, 2018 file photo, Jihad Azour, the IMF's director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department reacts during his press conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The coronavirus pandemic is hitting countries in the Middle East in wildly different ways, but nearly all are in the throes of an economic recession this year and all but two, Lebanon and Oman are expected to see some level of economic growth next year, according to the latest report published by the International Monetary Fund on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

IMF: Nearly all Mideast economies hit by pandemic recession

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 17, 2020, file photo, people wearing masks to curb the spread of the new coronavirus wait in a line for a free meal at the Villa Maria del Triunfo district in Lima, Peru. The International Monetary Fund has sharply lowered its forecast for global growth this year because it envisions far more severe economic damage from the coronavirus than it did just two months ago. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, FIle)

IMF warns global economy could be permanently scarred

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2020, file photo, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, attends a session on the first day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany. Georgieva said that the global economy has started on a long climb to stronger growth with prospects looking a little better than four months ago. Georgieva said Tuesday, Oct. 6 that global economic activity suffered an unprecedented fall in the spring when 85% of the global economy was in lockdown for several weeks but currently the situation is “less dire” with many countries seeing better-than-expected rebounds in recent weeks (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)

IMF envisions a sharp 4.4% drop in global growth for 2020

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2020, file photo, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, attends a session on the first day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany. Georgieva said that the global economy has started on a long climb to stronger growth with prospects looking a little better than four months ago. Georgieva said Tuesday, Oct. 6 that global economic activity suffered an unprecedented fall in the spring when 85% of the global economy was in lockdown for several weeks but currently the situation is “less dire” with many countries seeing better-than-expected rebounds in recent weeks (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)

IMF head says global economy facing long climb to recovery

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press