# Kristalina Georgieva

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Global Economy Faces New Test with $100 Crude

Brent crude has remained above $100 a barrel, raising fears of another global economic shock. This episode examines supply disruptions, Middle East tensions, OPEC+’s declining influence, rising living costs and the unrest gripping France.  In her curtain-raiser speech for the IMF’s 2026 Annual Meet…

Tories to slash jobs tax in new rescue package to get Britain's young people back into work

Scientists who put faith in technology are less likely to take personal climate action according to new research from the London School of Economics. A study of more than nine thousand scientists across one hundred fifteen countries found those exhibiting techno-optimism are significantly less like…

IMF chief Georgieva demands tough spending cuts

The IMF's managing director is warning governments they must start tightening their belts as global debt levels soar to records not seen since World War Two. Kristalina Georgieva says debt to GDP ratios are on track to hit one hundred percent and that countries cannot simply grow their way out of t…

#46 - The IMF Fears AI Money, While Walmart's Robots Fight Cardboard Boxes

In Bangkok, the head of the IMF puts AI on her list of big dangers, right next to war, expensive oil and record debt. In America, the world's biggest shop has a much smaller AI problem: its new robots can't handle its old cardboard boxes. Today is one question: which one is the real AI story – t…

“Austerity Is Not an Option!” — Isabel Ortiz on fighting back against IMF imposed spending cuts and price rises for food.

This week Finance Ministers from across the world will attend the IMF–World Bank meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, and Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF’s boss has called on governments to implement swingeing cuts to their spending and increase costs of basic goods- known as austerity measures. As governm…

66. AI, Banking Jobs: Tsunami or Rising Tide?

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, has warned of a “slow-moving tsunami” as artificial intelligence transforms the labour market, with particular concerns for younger people entering employment. “We’re seeing the opposite.” That was Alexandra Mousavizadeh, C…

IMF warns of global GDP shock if AI bust happens

IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva warns that an AI bust could wipe 1% off global GDP, rising to 1.8% in the U.S. The warning came as global tech and semiconductor stocks fell. We go to Ohio, where growing opposition to data centres is becoming a key issue ahead of the US midterm elections.…

098 — Boom. Buffers. Burgers.

The IMF's October Global Financial Stability Report names acorrection in AI-linked equities and credit as one of three risks that could abruptly tighten financial conditions: AI hyperscalers' share of global investment-grade bond issuance has risen to about 10% from under 1% since 2024, free cash f…

Midweek Update: Trump's Treasury Chief Calls Their Bluff: The End

Susan Kokinda opens with the European Union's largest expansion of its Russia sanctions list since the war began, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calling Europe's objections to the U.S. Russia diesel deal "completely hypocritical", since Europe is still Moscow's biggest gas customer. The episo…

Jax Morning Brief — Hot CPI Print Rattles Markets, OpenAI Engineer Arrested in Spy Case

Good morning. It's Thursday, October 15th, 2026. This is The Morning Brief. I'm Jenny. ANDREW: And I'm Andrew. JENNY: A hotter than expected inflation report just triggered Wall Street's worst selloff since the summer and scrambled the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike later this month. ANDR…