World · East Asia & Pacific · 17 hrs ago
South Korea’s central bank chief to attend G20 and IMF-World Bank meetings
Bank of Korea Gov.
Shin Hyun-song is travelling to Bangkok, Thailand, this week.
He will attend a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs.
They are due to discuss global economic conditions, growth and economic imbalances between countries.
Shin will also attend meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group, focused on the global outlook and financial stability.
In Bangkok, he is scheduled to meet officials from the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and other major central banks to exchange views on international developments.
He will also take part in a live CNN event with the World Trade Organization’s director-general and a Bank of America executive.
The meetings provide a setting for economic and financial officials to discuss shared challenges.
Bank of Korea Gov. Shin Hyun-song will attend G20 and IMF-World Bank meetings in Bangkok this week.
The G20 meeting will bring together finance ministers and central bank chiefs to discuss global economic conditions, growth and global imbalances.
The IMF-World Bank meetings will focus on the global economic outlook and financial stability.
In Bangkok, Shin is also scheduled to hold separate talks with officials from the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and other major central banks.
He will participate in CNN’s Global Perspectives with WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Bank of America executive Bernard Mensah.
- Who
- Bank of Korea Gov. Shin Hyun-song.
- What
- He will attend G20 and IMF-World Bank meetings and hold separate talks with central bank officials.
- When
- This week, according to the Bank of Korea.
- Where
- Bangkok, Thailand.
- Why
- The meetings will address global economic conditions, growth, global imbalances, the economic outlook and financial stability.
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The Bank of Korea said Shin Hyun-song would attend meetings in Bangkok that week.
Shin is scheduled to attend the G20 and IMF-World Bank meetings in Bangkok.
- BOK governor
- Shin Hyun-song
- G20 meeting location
- Bangkok, Thailand
- G20 discussion topics
- Global economic conditions, growth and global imbalances
- IMF-World Bank discussion topics
- Global economic outlook and financial stability
- Scheduled bilateral talks
- Officials from the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and other major central banks







