Finance ministers and central bankers from around the globe
are in Washington this week for the semiannual meetings of the
International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
Following is a schedule of the top events. All times listed
are in EDT/GMT.
Thursday, April 19
0830/1230 – White House National Economic Council Director
Gene Sperling participates in a discussion at Bertelsmann
Foundation conference on jobs and growth
0845/1245 – IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde holds a
news briefing
0945/1345 – World Bank President Robert Zoellick holds a
news conference
1100/1400 – World Bank holds news conference on Middle East
and North African development prospects
Afternoon – Group of Seven finance ministers meet. No
communique expected
1400/1800 – Zimbabwe’s finance minister, Tendai Biti, speaks
at an event sponsored by the Atlantic Council
1400/1800 – IMF European Department Deputy Director Mahmood
Pradhan participates in a discussion on the outlook for the euro
zone sponsored by the Center for Economic and Policy Research
1415/1815 – Mexican Finance Minister Jose Antonio Meade,
Argentinian Finance Minister Hernan Lorenzino, and Uruguay’s
finance minister, Fernando Lorenzo, participate in a discussion
on the outlook for Latin America at the Inter-American
Development Bank
1430/1830 – Poland’s central bank President Marek Belka,
Canadian Finance Minister James Flaherty and ECB Executive Board
member Joerg Asmussen participate in a discussion at a
Bertelsmann Foundation conference
1730/2130 – Adair Burner, chairman of Britain’s Financial
Services Authority, speaks at Johns Hopkins University
Evening – Group of 20 finance officials meet. No communique
expected
Friday, April 20
0800/1200 – G20 finance ministers and central bankers meet.
A communique is expected. G20 chair Mexico holds a news
conference at the meeting’s conclusion
0830/1230 – European Financial Stability Facility CEO Klaus
Regling speaks on the European debt crisis
0900/1300 – IMF Middle East and Central Asia Department
Director Masood Ahmed holds news briefing
1015/1415 – IMF Asia and Pacific Department Director Anoop
Singh holds news briefing
1100/1500 – IMF Latin America and Caribbean Department
Director Nicolas Eyzaguirre holds news briefing
1130/1530 – IMF sponsors panel discussion on the euro zone
crisis
1200/1600 – IMF holds news briefing on the economic outlook
for Eastern and Central Europe
1400/1800 – U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner holds
the Deauville Partnership ministerial meeting with Arab
countries in transition
1700/2100 – Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee speaks
at the Peterson Institute
Saturday, April 21
0800/1200 – The IMF’s steering panel, the International
Monetary and Financial Committee, meets. IMFC Chair Tharman
Shanmugaratnam and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde hold
news briefing following the meeting
Time TBD – The joint IMF/World Bank Development Committee
meets. A news briefing follows
1100/1500 – Finance ministers from Africa holds news
briefing
1700/2100 – The Bank of France hosts a panel discussion on
financial stability
Sunday, April 22
Time TBD – IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde holds
news briefing following a meeting of the African Consultative
Group