The International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings are scheduled to draw more than 10,000 people from finance ministries, central banks and civil society groups to discuss efforts to boost patchy global growth, deal with debt distress and ...

Global finance leaders gather today in Washington, D.C., for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Expect ongoing reforms, IDA replenishment, climate debt and cooperation to be key themes, even as the U.S. election looms over the proceedings

Global finance leaders are facing a major uncertainty as they meet in Washington next week: Who will win the U.S. presidential election and shape the policies of the world’s biggest economy?

The elephant in the room will be the potential for an election victory by Donald Trump to upend the international economic system with massive new US tariffs.