IMF chief warns of weak growth, lure of protectionism
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde gives a curtain-raising speech for the IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Washington.
Chicago - Arab Today
The head of the IMF on Wednesday renewed warnings against protectionism and trade restrictions, saying that the global economy risked prolonged low growth and that advanced economies faced painful inequality.
Christine Lagarde, the International Monetary Fund's managing director, said the current global recovery was still fragile following the Great Recession of 2008-2009 and that populist political currents rising in the developed world threatened to undo the progress made.
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Taipei - Emiratesvoice
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Paris - Emiratesvoice
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Paris - Emiratesvoice
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