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Oct 2023
29m 35s

IMF-World Bank meeting: Old problems and...

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The IMF-World Bank annual meeting takes place in Marrakech just weeks after a deadly Moroccan earthquake. The setting is apt for emerging markets and defaulting countries that are struggling with headwinds from all sides. Listen to our global financial and economic editors discuss those challenges -- and visit a barber shop in Argentina, where annual inflati ... Show More
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