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FILE - Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, speaks in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 17, 2024. During a IMF and World Bank meeting Thursday, April 18, 2024, Georgieva said the world economy has proven surprisingly resilient in the face of higher interest rates and the shock of war in Ukraine and Gaza, but "there is plenty to worry about,'' including stubborn inflation and rising levels of government debt. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

IMF’s Georgieva says there’s ‘plenty to worry about’ despite recovery for many economies

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva of the International Monetary Fund speaks at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia in Boao in southern China's Hainan Province, March 30, 2023. The International Monetary Fund chief is warning the world economy is expected to grow less than 3% in 2023, down from 3.4% last year, increasing the risk of hunger and poverty globally. Georgieva said Thursday growth is expected to remain around 3% for the next five years, calling it “our lowest medium-term growth forecast since 1990." (AP Photo/Dake Kang, File)

IMF head expects less than 3% global economic growth in 2023

By Fatima Hussein and Josh Boak - Associated Press

Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

IMF chief urges targeted COVID policy in China: AP interview

By David McHugh - Associated Press

Risk of recession rising as Russian invasion of Ukraine, inflation hit global economy, IMF warns

By Dave Boyer - 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

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

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 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 head says global economy facing long climb to recovery

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, attends a session on the first day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Feb. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) ** FILE **

Kristalina Georgieva echoes AOC on using coronavirus as ‘great opportunity’ to push green agenda

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

‘A crisis like no other’: IMF facing huge demand for support

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, attends a session on the first day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Feb. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) ** FILE **

IMF head sees worst economic downturn since Great Depression

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

IMF head says global economy now in recession

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during the opening ceremony of the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

IMF, World Bank leaders appeal for an end to trade wars

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and BANI SAPRA - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 18, 2018, file photo the World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva speaks during the forum Frontiers in Anticorruption at the World Bank/IMF annual spring meeting in Washington. Georgieva, the new head of the 189-nation International Monetary Fund, says the world economy is in the grips of a “synchronized global slowdown” that will result in slower growth for 90% of the world this year. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

IMF chief: trade conflicts fuel synchronized global slowdown

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

FILE - In a Wednesday, March 7, 2018 file photo, World Bank Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva speaks during a panel at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Georgieva is in line to become the next head of the International Monetary Fund after the organization said Monday, September 9, 2019 Kristalina Georgieva is the one nominated for the job.(Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

World Bank official in line for top job at IMF

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 18, 2018, file photo, the World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva speaks at the World Bank/IMF annual spring meeting in Washington. European governments have decided to put forward Georgieva from Bulgaria as their candidate to replace Christine Lagarde as head of the Washington-based International Monetary Fund. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Europe pushes World Bank official Georgieva for top IMF job

By DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press