Thank you, Tom, for that generous introduction. It is an honor to be with all of you to deliver my first speech as Managing Director of the IMF. I am pleased to continue the tradition of my wonderful predecessor, Christine Lagarde, and discuss the outlook and priorities ahead of our Annual Meetings. As many of you know, Christine was a member of the French national synchronized swimming team. So I want to honor her legacy today and borrow the word synchronized for my speech. When I took over as ...