IMF SEMINAR EVENT
DATE: October 8, 2015
DAY: Thursday
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LOCATION: National Theatre
Overview
Global growth remains moderate, with uneven prospects across the main countries and regions, and risks tilted to the downside. Relative to last year, the recovery in advanced economies is expected to pick up slightly, while activity in emerging market and developing economies is projected to slow for the fifth year in a row. In an environment of China’s transition to a new growth model, expected normalization of interest rates in the U.S., declining commodity prices, reduced capital flows to emerging markets and pressure on their currencies, and rising financial market volatility, downside risks to the outlook have risen, particularly for emerging markets and developing economies. In the absence of a robust pickup in global growth, raising both actual and potential output through a combination of demand support and structural reforms continues to be the economic policy priority.Join the conversation via #GlobalEcon
Debate on the Global Economy
Debate on the Global Economy
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Richard Quest is anchor of Quest Means Business of CNN and hosts
the monthly program CNN Business Traveller and CNN Marketplace Europe. He
formerly anchored the monthly show Quest and the daily show CNN Today. Prior to
joining CNN, Quest worked at the BBC, where he was the North America business
correspondent, based on Wall Street for 12 years. Quest is British and holds an
LLB (Hons) degree in Law from Leeds University.
Joaquim Levy took office as the Finance Minister of Brazil in early 2015. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Levy was the President of Bradesco Asset Management, a division of Bradesco, Brazil's second largest private bank. He also held various positions in government and economics, such as Secretary of Finance for Rio de Janeiro, Vice-President of Finance and Administration at the IDB, Secretary at the National Treasury, Chief Economist, Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management, Deputy Secretary of Economic Policy at the Ministry of Finance, Visiting Economist at the ECB and Economist with the IMF. Mr. Levy is a graduate in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago and a Master in economics from Getúlio Vargas Foundation.