CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -International Monetary Fund’s chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, second from left, and Daniel Leigh, the head of the World Economic Studies Division, right, at the news conference to release the World Economic Outlook report in Washington on Tuesday, October 11, 2022.

Detailed explanation-2: -First female chief economist Gopinath was appointed as IMF Chief Economist in October 2018 and was later promoted as the IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director in December last year. She had served as the first female chief economist of the IMF for three years.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gopinath was appointed as chief economist of the IMF in October 2018 by its managing director Christine Lagarde.

Detailed explanation-4: -At the age of 47, Gita Gopinath was appointed Economic Counsellor and Director of the IMF’s Research Department by MD Christine Lagarde. That year, she was also elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Econometric Society.