I had an excellent discussion with
@EU_Commission
Director General Maarten Verwey,
@ESM_Press
Managing Director
@pierregramegna
, and EU Chairman of
@ecfin
Tuomas Saarenheimo on developments in Europe and the global economy including on productivity trends.
Ongoing currency movements reflect mainly underlying fundamentals, with US interest rates expected to remain higher for longer. Temporary FX interventions can help, when market overreactions pose financial stability risks. Watch the full discussion on capital flows…
Thank you to
@NUeconomics
,
@KelloggSchool
,
@eichmartin
& Larry Christiano for inviting me to deliver the Susan Bies Lecture. Such an entertaining chat with Larry about
@IMFNews
, capital flows, and the role of research in policymaking.
It was a pleasure to host our Annual
#G30
Spring Lecture at the
@IMFNews
.
@DAcemogluMIT
delivered the lecture entitled "Can We Have Pro-Worker
#AI
?", with opening remarks from the IMF's First Deputy Managing Director
@GitaGopinath
and a Q&A with G30 Trustee, Axel Weber.
Thanks to
@AdamPosen
for co-hosting with
@IMFNews
a fantastic conference on "Rethinking economic policy: Steering structural change." I enjoyed our conversation about geo-economic fragmentation, AI, climate and their interactions. Watch here:
Our "Rethinking economic policy" conference with
@IMFNews
explored steering structural change in the face of the green transition, new technologies, & shifting geopolitics & industrial policy. Featuring
@KGeorgieva
,
@GitaGopinath
, & more!
Watch it here:
In an elevated debt environment, it was great to share success stories and ongoing challenges in fiscal policy with
@KemenkeuRI
’s Minister Indrawati,
@EU_Commission
’s Martin Verwey, Chile’s Minister
@mariomarcellc
, and
@IMFnews
Vitor Gaspar. Watch here:
Thank you, Minister of Finance and Planning Awow Daniel Chuang and Governor James Garang of South Sudan for speaking to me about the impact of the war and refugee crisis on South Sudan. The IMF will continue our close collaboration.
I enjoyed my discussion with Denmark
@nationalbanken
’s Signe Krogstrup and
@riksbanken
’s Anna Breman about fragmentation’s impact on the global economy.
It is always great to meet with
@EBRD
President
@OdileRenaud
. It was a very useful discussion about intersections between the IMF’s and the EBRD’s work.
It’s a real pleasure to reconnect with
@bok_hub
’s Governor Changyong Rhee to discuss Korea’s economy and to thank Korea for the close partnership and collaboration with the IMF.
Thank you,
@DNB_NL
Governor
@KlaasKnot
for the discussion about economic growth, bringing down inflation, policies to mitigate risk, climate change and more.
Pleased to meet with
@BancoCentralBR
President Roberto Campos Neto to discuss their economic outlook, policies to reduce inflation, and their innovations to improve financial inclusion and efficiency.
Really appreciated meeting Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Finance
@ShehanSema
and
@CBSL
Governor Weerasinghe. I commended them on hard-won economic gains in the past year. The road ahead is challenging and it’s critical to keep up with the reform momentum.
Thank you, Bank of Israel Governor Yaron for your readout on Israel’s economy and the associated policy management challenges in a highly uncertain environment.
There is never a dull moment in policy making, which makes for great conversations with US Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell and Treasury Secretary
@SecYellen
.
@federalreserve