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Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), warned in Singapore that global government debt is at its highest since World War II and projected to reach 100% soon. She emphasized the need for governments to implement tough fiscal measures due to rising bond yields and inflation concerns exacerbated by the Middle East conflict. Georgieva also advocated for central banks to consider higher interest rates to combat inflation while addressing the risks associated with artificial intelligence, including labor market disruptions and cybersecurity threats.
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The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, urged governments across major economies to tighten their budgets during a speech in Singapore. She highlighted that global debt-to-GDP ratios are at their highest level since World War II, projected to reach 100% in the coming years. Georgieva emphasized that relying on rapid economic growth to alleviate the debt burden is not sustainable, and governments must make "very tough political choices" instead. Her comments came ahead of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings scheduled for next week in Bangkok. She called for decisive action from high-debt advanced economies, urging them to develop credible medium-term fiscal plans supported by upfront fiscal measures as bond yields rise to multi-decade highs.
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The head of the International Monetary Fund has called on governments across big economies to tighten their belts as soaring bond yields hit budgets.
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yields → call → budgets
Speaking in Singapore, the IMF’s managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, said global debt-to-GDP ratios were at their highest level since the second world war and on course to hit 100% in the coming years.
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ratios → speak → years
She said governments could not rely on rapid economic growth to lift the burden of debt – and instead would have to make “very tough political choices”.
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governments → say → choices
Georgieva was speaking ahead of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings which are to be held in Bangkok next week.
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which → speak → Bangkok
“My message to the world’s economic policymakers will be this: we cannot keep delaying necessary policy action – you have the tools, now have the wisdom to use them.
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you → keep → them
“And yet we don’t see decisive action in the high-debt advanced economies where the need of the hour is for credible medium-term fiscal consolidation plans, supported in some cases by upfront fiscal measures,” she said.
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she → see → measures
Bond yields – effectively the interest rate on the debt – have jumped in recent weeks, raising the cost of borrowing for many governments to multi-decade highs as markets adjust to the prospect of higher inflation as a result of the war in the Middle East.
“Elevated yields are inflating the interest bill at a time of tight budget constraints and competing spending priorities, including defence,” Georgieva said, calling for “an urgent and comprehensive set of policy responses”.
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Georgieva → jump → responses
The Bulgarian economist suggested central banks should be prepared to raise interest rates to see off resurgent inflation.
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banks → suggest → inflation
The ECB, US Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan have already tightened policy in the face of rising inflation – moves Georgieva said were “highly appropriate” – but the Bank of England has so far left rates on hold at 3.75%.
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Bank → tighten → %
“Now may be a good time for a prudently hawkish bias in many countries’ monetary policy,” Georgieva said, suggesting central banks might want to err on the side of caution.
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banks → say → caution
She also stressed the importance of tackling some of the risks of AI, which has buoyed the US stock market but raised fears of mass layoffs.
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which → stress → layoffs
She highlighted IMF research predicting that the adoption of AI could add half a percentage point to global economic growth if carried out effectively.
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adoption → highlight → growth
However, she urged policymakers to “help manage AI’s substantial perils, including large-scale labour market fallout, serious cyber and stability risks and frontier models threatening to escape human control and run amok”.
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she → urge → control
The Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, who is also chair of the Financial Stability Forum that brings together the world’s central banks, recently warned of the “real and significant” risks posed by frontier AI models and called for the “right to intervene”.
In the UK the chancellor, John Healey, has said he will stick with his predecessor Rachel Reeves’s plans to balance day-to-day spending with tax revenues – borrowing only to invest – and bring the debt-to-GDP ratio down over time.
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he → bring → time
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