logo
episode-header-image
Oct 2017
22m 42s

World Bank/IMF Meetings Special: 25 Perc...

bloomberg
About this episode

Live from the World Bank/IMF Meetings in Washington DC. Christine Lagarde, IMF's managing director, says the IMF has repeatedly said corporate tax reform was needed in the U.S. Prior to that, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says the World Bank is talking with the U.S. about infrastructure and private-sector development. The World Bank is also launching a women's initiative with Ivanka Trump this weekend. 

Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Up next
Sep 2021
Surveillance: The Covid Economy With Tooze
Adam Tooze, Columbia University Professor and Author, "Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World Economy", discusses the Covid crisis and the stalled recovery amid the virus’s resurgence. Megan Greene, Harvard Kennedy School Senior Fellow, says she is not worried about runaway inflatio ... Show More
32m 41s
Sep 2021
Surveillance: Jobs Day Miss With Walsh
Marty Walsh, U.S. Labor Secretary, discusses the disappointing U.S. jobs report. Priya Misra, TD Securities Global Head of Rates Strategy, says the U.S. Economic recovery will continue to come in fits and starts. Jeff Rosenberg, BlackRock Senior Portfolio Manager of Systematic Mu ... Show More
33m 24s
Sep 2021
Surveillance: NYC Flooding With MTA's Lieber
Janno Lieber, MTA Acting Chairman and CEO, says the MTA and New York City need to work in partnership to improve infrastructure and mitigate flash flood risk. Steven Ricchiuto, Mizuho Chief U.S. Economist, says the work from home environment is limiting the ability to find specif ... Show More
25m 29s
Recommended Episodes
Apr 2025
The World Bank and the IMF
As the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group meet in Washington DC, the Trump administration's shakeup of the global economy is top of mind. Host Christopher Walljasper talks to Trade and Global Economics reporter David Lawder and Emerging Markets Correspondent Kar ... Show More
24m 53s
Oct 2023
ECB's Lagarde, IMF's Gopinath, WTO's Okonjo-Iweala at Marrakech
ECB President Christine Lagarde, IMF First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath and WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speak with Bloomberg's Tom Keene at the IMF Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 
43m 16s
Jan 2024
Wall Street’s Biggest Banks Report Results
Anton Schutz, President at Mendon Capital Advisors and Bloomberg News Wall Street Reporter Sonali Basak break down earnings results from many of the big US banks. Ecolab Chief Sustainability Officer Emilio Tenuta discusses providing affordable, secure and inclusive access to wate ... Show More
46m 36s
Apr 2023
Spring Meetings 2023: Toward a New Era
The 2023 World Bank Group-IMF Spring Meetings took place from April 10-16, amidst a backdrop of challenges: from stress in the banking sector, persistent inflation, rising debt, climate change and of course Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Addressing this instability, and lo ... Show More
23m 1s
Oct 2023
IMF-World Bank meeting: Old problems and new headwinds
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 discus ... Show More
29m 35s
Apr 2021
Kristalina Georgieva: A Time of Promise and Danger
More than a year into the COVID-19 crisis, signs of a recovery for some countries are slowly beginning to emerge. But in her customary curtain-raiser speech ahead of next week's virtual IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said high uncertain ... Show More
15m 39s