I keep an active diary of relevant monetary events here. To remind readers that I update this regularly, I thought I would take advantage of the IMF/World Bank to send out this week’s schedule (and beyond), manually. [Davos in the Desert is still scheduled to go ahead, but I wouldn’t be surprised, given the attacks on Riyadh airport, that this is eventually cancelled.]
This week’s IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings are in Bangkok. They are likely to be dominated by a central question: how policymakers can sustain global economic growth while managing a combination of persistent inflation, mounting public debt, geopolitical instability and rapid technological change.
Scheduled discussions include AI’s impact on employment and productivity, mobilising private capital for development, climate finance and debt sustainability. Central-bank sessions will examine monetary-policy challenges, while Friday’s programme features a discussion between IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, alongside panels on AI and cyber risks. The Development Committee meets Thursday, followed by the annual plenary Friday and IMFC meeting Saturday.
