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IMF Chief Flags AI Job Threat, Outlook Due July

6/9/2026

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Kristalina Georgieva warned AI could cause a job-loss backlash and pledged the IMF will act to prevent it.
The IMF’s lending capacity is just under $1 trillion, serving 191 members.
It financed Ukraine with $15.6 billion in 2023 and $8.1 billion in 2024 tied to reforms.
The IMF will release a new global-economy outlook in July after cutting its 2024 growth forecast in April because of the Middle-East war.

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Kristalina Georgieva warned AI could cause a job-loss backlash and pledged the IMF will act to prevent it.
The IMF’s lending capacity is just under $1 trillion, serving 191 members.
It financed Ukraine with $15.6 billion in 2023 and $8.1 billion in 2024 tied to reforms.
The IMF will release a new global-economy outlook in July after cutting its 2024 growth forecast in April because of the Middle-East war.