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IMF

IMF — International Monetary Fund. The lender of last resort to governments; its programs and forecasts move sovereign-debt and currency markets.

As of 17 Oct 2026Last evidence 17 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • AI Could Reshape 40% of Global Jobs, IMF Chief Warns of ‘Slow-Moving Tsunami’

    Reported event · first reported 12 Oct 2026 to 13 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • IMF raises its forecast for world growth this year but warns of risks from AI boom and debt

    Reported event · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

  • Middle East War and Global Debt Crisis Set to Dominate IMF-World Bank Meetings in Bangkok

    Reported event · first reported 11 Oct 2026 to 13 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

  • IMF Africa director: Resilient Africa is not immune to headwinds

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • IMF warns attacks on Saudi Arabia could hurt global economy after strike on Aramco headquarters

    Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

All 9 events and claims involving IMF

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 134 mentions on 17 Oct 2026, against 12 on 26 Sept 2026 (+1017%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from fading to rising on 13 Oct 2026 (1 change recorded since 7 Oct 2026).
  • Claims No claim first reported since 16 Oct 2026.

How well we know this

834 documents · 157 publishers · 14% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 17 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.144: about 86% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 7 receipts withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside IMF

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

InflationAIIndiaWorld BankOilChinaMiddle EastThailand
  • International Monetary · 455 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • GDP · 333 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Inflation · 276 shared documents
  • AI · 273 shared documents
  • India · 240 shared documents
  • World Bank · 231 shared documents
  • Oil · 230 shared documents
  • China · 224 shared documents
  • Middle East · 220 shared documents
  • Thailand · 200 shared documents

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 134 mentions on 17 Oct 2026 with 12 on 26 Sept 2026 (+1017%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +3250% from 2 Sept 2026 to 17 Oct 2026, between 4 and 154 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions IMF, day by day.

Market price, cited

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For developers

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Events involving IMF

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • AI Could Reshape 40% of Global Jobs, IMF Chief Warns of ‘Slow-Moving Tsunami’

    Reported event · first reported 12 Oct 2026 to 13 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    Show the 2 individual claims
    • IMF warns an AI stock correction could threaten global financial stability · reported by two · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 2 separate publishers
    • AI Could Reshape 40% of Global Jobs, IMF Chief Warns of ‘Slow-Moving Tsunami’ · reported by two · first reported 12 Oct 2026 · 2 separate publishers
  • IMF raises its forecast for world growth this year but warns of risks from AI boom and debt

    Reported event · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    Show the 2 individual claims
    • IMF raises its forecast for world growth this year but warns of risks from AI boom and debt · corroborated · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 4 separate publishers
    • IMF raises 2026 growth forecast to 3.1% as AI boom offsets Middle East conflict · reported by two · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 3 separate publishers
  • Middle East War and Global Debt Crisis Set to Dominate IMF-World Bank Meetings in Bangkok

    Reported event · first reported 11 Oct 2026 to 13 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

    Show the 2 individual claims
    • Middle East War and Global Debt Crisis Set to Dominate IMF-World Bank Meetings in Bangkok · corroborated · first reported 11 Oct 2026 · 6 separate publishers
    • Middle East war adds to global economic pressures as IMF chief warns of rising debt - Economy - Business · reported by two · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 6 separate publishers
  • IMF Africa director: Resilient Africa is not immune to headwinds

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • IMF warns attacks on Saudi Arabia could hurt global economy after strike on Aramco headquarters

    Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • IMF calls for US to cut deficits amid bond woes, urges China to shift away from exports

    Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • IMF upgrades 2026 global growth forecast but war and debt threaten outlook

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Live updates from the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Thailand as financial leaders take on AI, debt, and geopolitical upheaval

    Reported claim · first reported 12 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • IMF finds demand for tokenized stocks, says the market is still volatile, illiquid

    Reported claim · first reported 11 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

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IMF

Entity.

Evidence
834 documents · 157 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 3 Sept 2026, last seen 17 Oct 2026
Measured
14% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
17 Oct 2026
22 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.

Situations it is named in (0)

none on file at this cutoff

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Recorded history

  • 13 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: fading to rising

    Previous state held since 24 Sept 2026

1 change recorded since 7 Oct 2026, newest first.

Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 17 Oct 2026.