“I appreciate theto warm hospitality that I received during my first visit to this beautiful country, Argentina,” Gopinath expressed on his profile on the social network X.
In his greeting he added “Next time I hope to see some football in the land of champions! Thank you.”
The United States representative at the IMF He illustrated the greeting with a photo in which he has a black and white reproduction of Diego Armando Maradona with the World Cup in 1986 behind him.
Who is Gita Gopinath, number 2 at the IMF
Gopinath arrived in Argentina as deputy managing director of the Monetary Fund. She was born in Calcutta, India, on December 8, 1971 and was appointed as chief economist of the global financial institution in 2018.
Is degree in Economics from the University of Dehli and, in addition, he completed a master’s degree in Economics at the same institution. She also earned a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Washington in 1996 and a PhD in Economics from Princeton University in 2001.
In 2022 he was promoted to his position to replace Geoffrey Okamotoan economist who abandoned his role to move into the private sector.
Gopinath was surprised by the appointment: earlier that year she had announced that she would also leave the fund to work at Harvard University.
The IMF projections for the economy of Javier Milei
With the transfer of funds at the beginning of the month, the IMF expressed support for the change of course in the economic policy implemented by the president Javier Milei, although warned that there will be “stagflation”recession and inflation, in the short term.
This year, “inflation will accelerate in the short term as relative price imbalances and other price controls are unwound, although disinflation is expected to begin shortly afterbased on the application of restrictive policies,” the Fund highlighted.
In parallel, the IMF estimated a average inflation of 230% and 150% at the end of the yearand a fall in the economy of 2.8%, in its latest review of the World Economic Prospects, released at the beginning of the month.
Source: Ambito
