IMF chief warns: The global economy is not yet ready to cope with accumulating shocks.

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Kristalina Georgieva, President of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued a warning that after round after round of crises, the global economic system is not truly prepared to cope with ongoing shocks, and countries need to build a more resilient foundation.

On Monday, Georgieva said in an interview with a Bloomberg podcast, "What worries me is that we have not fully internalized this reality—the world will remain in this state for a long time. The shocks will not disappear." She emphasized that the "best ammunition" the IMF has is objective analysis, not just simple financial aid.

Since taking over this Washington-based multilateral institution in 2019, Georgieva has navigated through the pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, tariff upheavals, and Middle Eastern tensions. Her warning implies that for investors, viewing high volatility as the norm, rather than the exception, has become an unavoidable reality. The IMF will update its global economic outlook in July this year; previously, it lowered its annual growth forecast in April due to worsening Middle East tensions.

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Georgieva pointed out that the IMF has nearly $1 trillion in lending capacity, with its core mission being to promote cooperation among its 191 member countries to jointly safeguard global economic interests. However, she admitted that the current response mechanisms are clearly inadequate in the face of increasingly frequent external shocks.

Her comments reflect a deeper structural issue: the global economy has been under continuous pressure for years, the intervals between crises are shortening, and policy space is gradually narrowing. Against this backdrop, the IMF’s role has shifted from simply being a crisis rescuer to also becoming an advocate for member countries to prepare ahead and strengthen their shock resistance.

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Georgieva listed the rapid spread of artificial intelligence as one of the most important structural changes today, expressing deep concern about its impact on the labor market and local economies.

She bluntly said that international organizations, including the IMF, previously failed to fully anticipate the social backlash caused by globalization—although the overall economy benefited, many communities were "hollowed out" by the loss of jobs, and those groups did not receive enough attention. "I really do not want to see the same situation repeat in the era of artificial intelligence," she said.

This indicates that the IMF is incorporating the social distribution effects of AI into its policy analysis framework, and related topics may occupy a more important position in its member country assessment reports in the future.

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