Debt, Rates and US-China Risks in Focus as IMF Meets This Week
- Global finance, central bank officials to gather in Washington
- Meeting comes amid US-China tensions, risks of recession
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Investors are turning their focus to the world’s top finance ministers and central bankers assembling this week in Washington, looking for fresh clues on the outlook for everything from interest rates, banking stability and debt relief to oil prices and the testy US-China relationship.
Major central banks including the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank have signaled that stemming inflation remains their top priority despite last month’s banking woes, which raised the specter of wider economic risks.