Davos 2024

IMF’s Georgieva Sees Global Growth Aided by 2023 Tail Winds

  • US poised for soft landing, she says in Davos interview
  • China faces below 4% growth unless it implements reforms
Kristalina Georgieva in Davos.Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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The global economy is set to receive a boost in 2024 from a slightly stronger-than-anticipated performance last year, according to the head of the International Monetary Fund.

While Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva refused to be drawn on how the Washington-based lender will revise its forecasts later in January, she pointed out that the US was “poised for a soft landing” as interest rates start to decline.