IMF SEMINAR EVENT
DATE: April 16, 2015
DAY: Thursday
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
LOCATION: George-Washington-University-Lisner-Auditorium
Overview
Global growth remains moderate, with uneven prospects across the main countries and regions. Among advanced economies, while growth has become more robust in some, such as the United States, the legacies of the pre-crisis boom and the subsequent global financial crisis continue to cast a shadow on the recovery in others. In particular, Japan and the euro area are still struggling with weak investment, low inflation, and subdued growth. In emerging markets, negative growth surprises for the past four years have led to diminished expectations regarding medium-term growth prospects. Overall, the world needs to aim higher and try harder. This means bolder policies on all fronts—monetary, fiscal and structural—to inject a ‘new momentum’. The interview will focus on concrete steps policy makers can take to jumpstart growth and overcome the ‘new mediocre’, taking into account the differing circumstances among countries.
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Panelists
Maria Bartiromo has been a pioneer in business and a pioneer for women. She has covered every major news cycle in business, policy, and politics for the past three decades. In 1995, she became the first journalist to report live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on a daily basis. Today, this Emmy award-winning journalist has had a front row seat to global business and Washington policy and politics for three decades, interviewing the insiders, dealmakers and lawmakers at the heart of the issues that matter to viewers.
Maria Bartiromo is the anchor of Fox’s Sunday morning public affairs program, Sunday Morning Futures, on Fox News Channel (10 AM/ET), the top rated Sunday morning program on cable. She is also the anchor and global markets editor of Mornings with Maria (Monday to Friday 6-9 AM/ET) on Fox Business Network (FBN) and Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street, FBN’s weekly prime time investing program (Fridays at 7 PM/ET).
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.