IMFIMF Launches WEO and GFSR chapters on Emerging Market Resilience and Sovereign Debt Dynamics – October 6, 2025 

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IMF Launches WEO and GFSR chapters on Emerging Market Resilience and Sovereign Debt Dynamics – October 6, 2025

Event: Emerging Market Risks and Resilience
Date: Monday, October 6, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET
Location: Nasdaq MarketSite, Times Square, New York (Hybrid format)

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will launch two analytical chapters from its flagship reports:

• World Economic Outlook (WEO) Chapter 2: “Emerging Market Resilience: Good Luck or Good Policies?”

• Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) Chapter 3: “Global Shocks, Local Markets: The Changing Landscape of Emerging Market Sovereign Debt”

These chapters explore how emerging markets have weathered recent global financial shocks and assess the evolving risks in sovereign debt markets. The analysis highlights the role of stronger policy frameworks in enhancing resilience and managing trade-offs amid rising fiscal pressures.

Agenda:

9:00 AM – Opening Remarks 

• Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Economic Counsellor` and Director, Research Department, IMF

• Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF

9:45 AM – Presentation and Panel Discussion

• Andrea Presbitero, Deputy Division Chief, Research Department, IMF

• Jason Wu, Assistant Director, Global Markets Analysis, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF

• Carmen Reinhart, Professor of the International Financial System, Harvard Kennedy School

• Joyce Chang, Global Head of Research, J.P. Morgan

• Moderator: Kathleen Hays, Editor-in-Chief, Central Bank Central

10:30 AM – Adjournment

Livestream Access: IMF Live
Media contacts and to request attending in-person:

WEO: Angham Al Shami: Aalshami@imf.org, Jose Luis De Haro: Jdeharo@imf.org, and Caroline Multerer: Cmulterer@imf.org

GFSR: Meera Louis: Mlouis@imf.org and Pemba Sherpa: Psherpa@imf.org

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