Last year's IMF and World Bank annual meetings got underway in Morocco as the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel, killing more than 1,200 people and unleashing conflicts with a death toll of more than 40,000 Gazans, according to Palestinian ...

Global finance leaders gather today in Washington, D.C., for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Overshadowed by international crises, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank annual meeting is due to start on Monday in the U.S. capital, Washington. The meeting is to bring together finance ministers, representatives from the financial sector and development cooperation, as well as central bankers.

Expect ongoing reforms, IDA replenishment, climate debt and cooperation to be key themes, even as the U.S. election looms over the proceedings

Global finance leaders are in D.C. this week for the IMF and World Bank annual meetings, meaning that there will be street closures and parking restrictions.

Economic experts and global finance chiefs are gathered in Washington this week to discuss the future of global trade, finance and related climate actions.

Global finance leaders are facing a major uncertainty as they meet in Washington next week: Who will win the U.S. presidential election and shape the policies of the world’s biggest economy?

The elephant in the room will be the potential for an election victory by Donald Trump to upend the international economic system with massive new US tariffs.