Conversations with dozens of policymakers from all over the world revealed generalised relief at Trump’s scaling back his ...

The World Bank's steering committee on Friday endorsed the lender's plans to explore options to expand energy access, ...

Spiking trade uncertainty is compounding rising debt and sluggish growth problems facing emerging markets and developing ...

Developing countries should strike swift trade deals with the United States at the "earliest possible" opportunity, the ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. remains committed to playing a leadership role in the IMF and World Bank but ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued in a speech that the multilateral economic institutions have veered away from their ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has played a balancing act trying to reassure nervous investors that the U.S. would maintain ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called for a course correction for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, while ...

Bessent said the Trump administration would not seek to retreat from those institutions but instead push to play a stronger ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in remarks to the Institute of International Finance on Wednesday, said the two agencies ...

This year's meetings must go beyond routine agenda-setting. Member countries are expected to confront US officials directly over tariff issues, while the IMF faces pressure to recalibrate its stance ...