Nations must unite to halt global economic slowdown, says new IMF head

In her first speech, Kristalina Georgieva says looming crisis requires coordinated response

The new head of the International Monetary Fund has told squabbling nations to forget their differences and prepare a united response to the most serious threat to the global economy since the financial crisis a decade ago.

In her first speech since becoming the IMF's managing director, Kristalina Georgieva said the world was in a synchronised slowdown and needed a synchronised response.

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