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What Gita Gopinath said on her successor Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, IMF’s new chief economist

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas will be a “ great asset” to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as its new principal economist, Gita Gopinath said on her successor after the organisation named him for the top part on Monday.   Gita Gopinath, the first- ever woman principal economist of the IMF, said she's thrilled to have Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas succeeding her. She'll join the Washington- grounded extremity lender’s operation platoon as First Deputy Managing Director. She'll succeed Geoffrey Okamoto and will serve under IMF principal Kristalina Georgieva, the first time two women have held the top leadership places. “ I'm thrilled@pogourinchas is taking over as Chief Economist@IMFNews! He's an exceptional transnational macroeconomist & a commanding voice on policy issues who'll be a grea...