The 2020 IMF Annual Meeting will be held virtually on October 12-18. All week we via thenewsmarket.com will be featuring news stories and content from this global event.

Here’s the line-up:-

Monday 12th – 0700 EDT/1300 CEST. ECB President, Christine Lagarde and IMF European Department Director, Alfred Kammer discuss the post-pandemic landscape.

Tuesday 13th – 0830 EDT/1430 CEST – Live on thenewsmarket.com – World Economic Outlook. IMF Research Department Director, Gita Gopinath presents the October 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO).

Tuesday 13th – 1030 EDT/1630 CEST – Tobias Adrian, IMF Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, presents an assessment of the global financial system and markets.

Wednesday 14th – 1230 EDT/1830 CEST – Melinda Gates and IMF MD, Kristalina Georgieva discuss the need for investments in testing, therapeutics, and vaccines.

Thursday 15th – 1200 EDT/1800 CEST – A debate on the global economy featuring Kristalina Georgieva and Christine Lagarde.