{"id":22913,"date":"2026-10-12T06:05:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=22913"},"modified":"2026-10-12T06:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:05:42","slug":"policymakers-take-on-energy-shock-rising-debt-at-imf-world-bank-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=22913","title":{"rendered":"Policymakers take on energy shock, rising debt at IMF-World Bank meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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Gallagher, director of Boston University\u2019s Global Development Policy Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IMF and World Bank are not meeting this moment. They need an ambitious response that provides short-term emergency liquidity alongside longer term financing to make their economic growth paths less vulnerable to these shocks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the needs are great, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).<\/p>\n<p>The combined shocks \u201ccould leave millions more in poverty as developing countries struggle to sustain support for households,\u201d UNDP warned in a new report on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurging oil and food prices leave millions of families with no safety margin,\u201d said UNDP Administrator Alexander De Croo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are witnessing a perfect storm that could throw tens if not hundreds of millions of people back into poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the developing world, he added, governments are being forced to make the \u201cimpossible\u201d choice between cutting support for their poorest citizens or risking their entire development agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2018AI is here\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Advanced economies in Europe and the United States have weathered the storm from the rising energy prices better, but have not been immune to surging inflation fuelled by those price increases, which have begun to bleed into other goods.<\/p>\n<p>That inflation has seen central banks around the world raise interest rates in an effort to curb rising prices, tapping the brakes on economic activity.<\/p>\n<p>Still, advanced economies have seen a boom in investment in artificial intelligence technology drive stock markets to new highs and bolster economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>The IMF has said that the amount invested in AI will likely outstrip the capital put into building the railroads, the electricity grid or global telecommunications networks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove it, hate it, or fear it, AI is here, rapidly becoming a key driver of countries\u2019 relative fortunes in the world economy,\u201d said Georgieva last week.<\/p>\n<p>Several events through the week will focus on AI\u2019s impact, including in developing countries that may not be exposed to its economic benefits as they lie outside its supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>The week will also see several key meetings on the sidelines, including of G20 finance ministers, where spiking bond yields will be high on the agenda.<\/p>\n<p>A notable absence at that meeting will be US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who will skip due to \u201cdomestic engagements\u201d, a department official said on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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