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李克強総理、IMF専務理事とビデオ会談

8日、IMFのゲオルギエバ専務理事とビデオ方式で会談する李克強氏。（北京＝新華社記者/龐興雷） 【新...

IMF, World Bank marshall forces to push for aid for poorest

Washington (AFP) - The world's two dominant emergency lenders opened their annual meetings on Wednesday with a renewed call for the wealthy to help the poorest deal with the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, within national borders and globally.The leaders of the IMF and World Bank have been banging the drum about the need for governments to continue to spend amid the crisis to help support businesses and jobless workers, to keep the emergency from growing far worse.But with national and corporate debt levels soaring amid record low interest rates, the crisis presents a puzzle for the Washi...

Major US stimulus would boost US, global economies: IMF official

Washington (AFP) - Another major US stimulus package would drive a big jump in US growth but also would help boost the pandemic-ravaged global economy, the IMF's chief economist told AFP on Tuesday.Gita Gopinath said in an interview that a US rescue package on the order of the $2.2 trillion CARES Act approved in March would increase growth in the world's biggest economy by two percentage points next year, over the 3.1 percent GDP rise currently forecast.The IMF released its latest World Economic Outlook on Tuesday which sees the global economy contracting 4.4 percent this year and rebounding b...