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Pope Francis leads his general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican April 7, 2021. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Pope Francis has highlighted a global crisis that has been obscured by the inescapable Covid-19 catastrophe but has the potential to lead to comparable human suffering. In a letter on April 8 to the participants in the spring 2021 virtual meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Pope Francis called for “a model of ‘recovery’” from Covid-19 “capable of generating new, more inclusive and sustainable solutions to support the real e...

The Associated Press ap photo The logo of the International Monetary Fund is visible on their building Monday in Washington. WASHINGTON — Finance officials of the world’s major economies on Wednesday agreed on a proposal to boost the resources of the International Monetary Fund by $650 billion as a way to provide more support to vulnerable countries struggling to deal with a global pandemic. The Group of 20 major industrial countries issued a joint statement that also announced the approval of a final six-month moratorium on debt payments by 73 of the world’s poorest countries. The pro...

What happens when women run the economy? We're about to find out. Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you're not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in the Oval Office at the White House on Jan. 29. | REUTERS REUTERS Apr 7, 2021 WASHINGTON – Women now hold many of the jobs controlling the world’s largest economy — and they’re trying to fix it. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and trade czar Kath...

Women now hold many of the jobs controlling the world’s largest economy – and they are trying to fix it. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and trade tsar Katherine Tai hold top jobs in United States President Joe Biden’s administration and many of his economic advisers also are women, as are nearly 48 percent of his confirmed cabinet-level officials. This sea change may already be affecting economic policy – a new $2.3 trillion spending plan introduced by Biden last week includes $400bn to fund the “care economy,” supporting home- and community-base...

Fox News, Fortune and Reuters Interview Eric LeCompte on leadership of women in global economy Fox News, Fortune and Reuters Interview Eric LeCompte on leadership of women in global economy April 06, 2021 Eric LeCompte discusses the importance of leadership from women in global economic decisions. LeCompte speaks about his recent meeting with Treasury Secretary Yellen. Read an excerpt below, and click here for the full story. What happens when women run the economy? We're about to find out By Andrea Shalal A study by the American Psychological Association showed that U.S. states with female...