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IMF board to meet Sunday for more talks, Georgieva's future at stake

Kristalina Georgieva has denied data-fixing allegations, which date back to 2017, when she was the chief executive of the World Bank.

Kristalina Georgieva
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Andrea Shalal and David Lawder | Reuters Washington
The International Monetary Fund's executive board will meet again on Sunday with Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and the law firm that says she pressured World Bank staff to change data to benefit China while serving as the bank's CEO, according to sources familiar with the plan.

A decision on Georgieva's future at the global lender is not expected until Monday, at the earliest, as finance ministers and other senior officials from many of the IMF's 190 member countries gather in Washington for the annual IMF and World Bank fall meetings, said one of the sources.

The IMF's executive board debated the matter

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