IMF senior official in Beijing

IMF senior official in Beijing

International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath (C) holds a press conference in Beijing on May 29, 2024.

IMF senior official in Beijing

IMF senior official in Beijing

International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath holds a press conference in Beijing on May 29, 2024.

IMF senior official in Beijing

IMF senior official in Beijing

International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath holds a press conference in Beijing on May 29, 2024.

IMF senior official in Beijing

IMF senior official in Beijing

International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath holds a press conference in Beijing on Nov. 7, 2023.

Participants at 18th World Water Congress call for closer global cooperation amid challenges

STORY: Participants at 18th World Water Congress call for closer global cooperation amid challenges DATELINE: Sept. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 18th World Water Congress in Beijing 2. various of China's rivers and lakes 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LUCA J'ENFREIGNIS, Youth delegate for Europe at World Water Council 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANDREA ERICKSON QUIROZ, Deputy Managing Director for Provide Food and Water Global Director for Water Security, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MUHAMMAD CHANZAIB, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Pakistan STORYLINE: Participants attending the 18th World Water Congress have said that the event offers opportunities to seek closer global collaboration amid challenges. The 18th World Water Congress kicked off on Monday in Beijing, with the five-day event themed "Water for All: Harmony between Humans and Nature." This is the first time for China to hold the World Water Congress. This year's

IMF deputy managing director

IMF deputy managing director

International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2023.

IMF official in Japan

IMF official in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 30, 2014.

IMF's Lipton in Japan

IMF's Lipton in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - David Lipton, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 31, 2013, during his visit for the IMF's annual consultation mission to Japan.

IMF's Lipton in Japan

IMF's Lipton in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - David Lipton (R), first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, and Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso shake hands at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2013.

IMF No. 2 seeks Japan's consumption tax hike

IMF No. 2 seeks Japan's consumption tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on May 19, 2010. Lipsky expressed Japan's medium-term fiscal policy due out in June would include ''a set of credible measures'' for fiscal hope.

Digital technology advances China's pursuit for common prosperity

STORY: Digital technology advances China's pursuit for common prosperity DATELINE: Nov. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:20 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: various of ChinaSOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHANG DAHUI, Deputy general manager, Kaiquan Group Co., Ltd.various of factories and workersSOUNDBITE 2 (English): KAROLY SZALAI, Managing director, SINNEO Smart Technologies Co., Ltd.various of rural ChinaSOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): FU LINCHAN, Official of Hengyi Villagevarious of rural ChinaSOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ZHANG FANDI, Digital Village Engineer, Alibaba Group STORYLINE: Expanding businesses, bridging the urban-rural divide and narrowing the income gap -- at the just-concluded 2022 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, a full range of innovations have demonstrated the role of digitalization in advancing common prosperity in China. In east China's Zhejiang Province, the site of the summit and China's first demonstration zone for common prosperity, digitalization is paying off across-the-board in ma

World leaders at WEF call for closer global cooperation to seek recovery

STORY: World leaders at WEF call for closer global cooperation to seek recovery DATELINE: May 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: DAVOS, Switzerland CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various World Economic Forum events and participants 2. STANDUP (English): FU YIMING, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GITA GOPINATH, First deputy managing director of IMF 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DAVID RUBENSTEIN, Co-Founder and non-executive Co-Chairman of the Board, Carlyle Group 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BORGE BRENDE, World Economic Forum President 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): JEREMY JURGENS, Managing director of the World Economic Forum STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): FU YIMING, Xinhua correspondent "Ukraine crisis, COVID-19 pandemic, and skepticism on globalization... world businesses and economy are facing challenges as never before. At the Davos forum here, we speak with government officials and experts to bring you their perspectives. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GITA GOPINATH, First deputy managing director of IMF

GLOBALink | IMF warns of further downside risks for global economy

STORY: IMF warns of further downside risks for global economy DATELINE: May 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: DAVOS, Switzerland CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): MARTINA FUCHS, Xinhua reporter 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GITA GOPINATH, First deputy managing director of IMF 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GITA GOPINATH, First deputy managing director of IMF STORYLINE: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday warned of further headwinds for the global economy and spiralling inflation around the world due to the conflict in Ukraine, while voicing that China will remain an engine of growth after the "near-term headwinds". STANDUP 1 (English): MARTINA FUCHS, Xinhua reporter "In April, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) slashed global growth forecast for 2022 to 3.6 percent due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Here in the Swiss mountains, at the World Economic Forum, west in Davos, Switzerland, I spoke to Gita Gopinath, the global lender's first deputy managing director about the latest a

IMF to downgrade global growth forecast amid Ukraine crisis: IMF chief

STORY: IMF to downgrade global growth forecast amid Ukraine crisis: IMF chief DATELINE: March 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA, IMF Managing Director 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GITA GOPINATH, First Deputy Managing Director 3. various shots of IMF online roundtable STORYLINE: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will likely downgrade its global growth forecast next month due to spillover effects from the Ukraine crisis, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday. The economic fallout of the Ukraine crisis is being transmitted through three key channels to the rest of the world: higher commodity prices, the impact on real incomes and the real economy, as well as the impact on financial conditions and business confidence, Georgieva told reporters at a virtual media roundtable. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA, IMF Managing Director "Financial conditions have been already tightening in man

IMF calls on Japan to enhance structural, fiscal reforms

IMF calls on Japan to enhance structural, fiscal reforms

David Lipton, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 20, 2016, as the IMF wraps up its annual consultation mission to Japan. The IMF called on Japan to strengthen domestic policies through structural and fiscal reforms, warning that any further monetary easing could lead to "overreliance" on the yen's depreciation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

IMF calls on Japan to enhance structural, fiscal reforms

IMF calls on Japan to enhance structural, fiscal reforms

David Lipton, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 20, 2016, as the IMF wraps up its annual consultation mission to Japan. The IMF called on Japan to strengthen domestic policies through structural and fiscal reforms, warning that any further monetary easing could lead to "overreliance" on the yen's depreciation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

IMF No. 2 seeks Japan's consumption tax hike

IMF No. 2 seeks Japan's consumption tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on May 19, 2010. Lipsky expressed Japan's medium-term fiscal policy due out in June would include ''a set of credible measures'' for fiscal hope. (Kyodo)

IMF urges Japan to make most of growth by pushing structural reforms

IMF urges Japan to make most of growth by pushing structural reforms

David Lipton, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, urges Japan to capitalize on its current economic expansion by pushing for labor and other structural reforms, at a press conference in Tokyo on June 19, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sakakibara, Fischer formal candidates for IMF chief

Sakakibara, Fischer formal candidates for IMF chief

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Eisuke Sakakibara, former Japanese vice finance minister for international affairs, who was proposed as candidate for the top post of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington on Feb. 22 along with Stanley Fischer, first deputy managing director of the IMF.