"Arguably the most important issue for the global economy - the outcome of the U.S. election - is not on the official agenda this week, but it's on everyone's mind," said Josh Lipsky, a former IMF official who now heads the Atlantic Council's GeoEconomics ...

Global finance leaders gather today in Washington, D.C., for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Overshadowed by international crises, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are due to start their annual meeting on Monday in the US capital, Washington. The meeting brings together finance ministers,

Global finance leaders are in D.C. this week for the IMF and World Bank annual meetings, meaning that there will be street closures and parking restrictions.

The elephant in the room will be the potential for an election victory by Donald Trump to upend the international economic system with massive new US tariffs.