Krishna Srinivasan, Director of the Asia and Pacific Department at the IMF, speaks during a press briefing on the economic outlook for Asia and the Pacific, during the 2026 IMF and World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP via Getty Images)

Thomas Helbling, deputy director of the Asia and Pacific Department at the IMF, speaks during a press briefing on the economic outlook for Asia and the Pacific, during the 2026 IMF and World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP via Getty Images)

Dealers work near the screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at a dealing room of Hana Bank, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Daniel Kryger works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 16: The British Broadcasting Corporation logo is displayed above the main entrance to the BBC's Broadcasting House on April 16, 2026 in London, England. On Wednesday BBC staff were told to expect around 1,800-2,000 jobs to be cut, as the network struggles to lower costs by 10% over the next three years. The BBC's interim director-general Rhodri Talfan Davies has said the BBC is facing "significant financial pressures" as it juggles high production costs against a fall in income, amid a rapidly changing media landscape. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 16: The British Broadcasting Corporation logo is displayed above the main entrance to the BBC's Broadcasting House on April 16, 2026 in London, England. On Wednesday BBC staff were told to expect around 1,800-2,000 jobs to be cut, as the network struggles to lower costs by 10% over the next three years. The BBC's interim director-general Rhodri Talfan Davies has said the BBC is facing "significant financial pressures" as it juggles high production costs against a fall in income, amid a rapidly changing media landscape. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 16: The British Broadcasting Corporation logo is displayed above the main entrance to the BBC's Broadcasting House on April 16, 2026 in London, England. On Wednesday BBC staff were told to expect around 1,800-2,000 jobs to be cut, as the network struggles to lower costs by 10% over the next three years. The BBC's interim director-general Rhodri Talfan Davies has said the BBC is facing "significant financial pressures" as it juggles high production costs against a fall in income, amid a rapidly changing media landscape. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 16: The British Broadcasting Corporation logo is displayed above the main entrance to the BBC's Broadcasting House on April 16, 2026 in London, England. On Wednesday BBC staff were told to expect around 1,800-2,000 jobs to be cut, as the network struggles to lower costs by 10% over the next three years. The BBC's interim director-general Rhodri Talfan Davies has said the BBC is facing "significant financial pressures" as it juggles high production costs against a fall in income, amid a rapidly changing media landscape. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)