IMF chief warns of global energy, AI shocks

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• The global economy is facing growing risks from high energy prices, the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and record levels of public debt, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned on Wednesday.
• Speaking in Singapore ahead of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Thailand, Georgieva said policymakers were dealing with three major economic pressures that could reshape the global outlook.
• Global public debt is expected to exceed 100 per cent of the world’s economic output in the near future, reaching levels not seen since the period following World War II, Georgieva said.

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The global economy is facing growing risks from high energy prices, the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and record levels of public debt, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned on Wednesday.

Speaking in Singapore ahead of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Thailand, Georgieva said policymakers were dealing with three major economic pressures that could reshape the global outlook.