At the IMF Meetings
With market turmoil spreading out from China, a Greek bailout package agreed, and possible interest rate rises in the near future, the world of financial and economic diplomacy is likely to be on full display at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the IMF in early October, where the world's finance ministers, central bankers and technocrats meet, debate, discuss and interact with thousands of investors, journalists and others. The IMF meetings have long been important forums and venues for deal-making and grand-standing, but have in more recent years become venues where the personalities and relationships of the top financial diplomats are there for all to see, for in depth discussion of the top economic issues of the day, and for the secret behind-closed-door meetings of the G7, the G20 and the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC).
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