IMF SEMINAR EVENT
DATE: October 9, 2014
DAY: Thursday
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
LOCATION: George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium
Overview
An uneven global recovery continues but growth has weakened in 2014—reflecting a surprisingly weak first quarter in the United States and a less optimistic outlook for several large emerging market economies. Global growth is expected to rebound but downside risks remain a concern. Market conditions have noticeably eased alongside disappointing growth, but risks to financial stability are a key concern from an extended period of low rates and from a possible reversal of recent risk spread and volatility compression. Geopolitical risks have risen in some corners. Looking ahead, global growth could be weaker for longer. Robust demand momentum in advanced economies has yet to emerge, and supply-side constraints and tighter financial conditions over the past year in some major emerging market economies weigh on growth. Amid these economic and financial worries, there is renewed interest on exchange rates and reform of an international monetary system with de facto dollar dominance. The debate will focus on how policymakers could collaborate globally to better manage the risks and durably boost jobs and growth.Join the conversation via #globalecon
CNN Debate on the Global Economy
CNN Debate on the Global Economy
Panelists
Moderator: Richard Quest
Richard Quest is CNN's international business correspondent and anchor of Quest Means Business (QMB). QMB, which airs on CNN International. Guests of the show included world leaders, bankers, ministers of finance, leaders of the IMF/World Bank and influential names in corporate America. Quest has regularly reported from G20 meetings and attends the WEF each year. Prior to joining CNN, he worked at the BBC, where he was the North America business correspondent, based on Wall Street for 12 years. Quest is British, holds an LLB degree in Law from Leeds University.
Panelist: Zeti Akhtar Aziz
Panelist: Agustin Carstens
Panelist: Jeroen Dijsselbloem
Panelist: Stanley Fischer
Panelist: Christine Lagarde
Christine Lagarde has been Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund since July 2011. She held various ministerial positions within the French government, including Finance and Economy Minister (2007–11), Minister for Foreign Trade, and Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries. She was also Chairman of the Global Executive Committee and Global Strategic Committee of Baker & McKenzie.