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Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

Extended Interview: Kristalina Georgieva

Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

CBS News

News, Politics

3.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva joins Margaret Brennan for her first U.S. network TV interview since the outbreak of the war in Iran. 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Margaret Brennan, moderator of Face the Nation and Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent at CBS News.

0:07.3

Last week, I spoke with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.

0:13.4

This was her first U.S. network TV interview since the outbreak of the war in Iran.

0:18.4

Here's our conversation.

0:20.0

Thank you so much for making time for us.

0:22.6

We're in an incredible moment right now.

0:25.6

How do you calculate the economic shock from this mid-East war?

0:30.6

We look at the size of the impact and the duration of impact.

0:38.7

And what I can tell you is that this shock is large, 13% of oil, 20% of gas that would have

0:50.2

flown in the world is now stuck for five weeks and counting.

0:55.8

It is global.

0:58.2

Everybody uses energy.

1:00.8

Everybody feels the pinch of prices going up.

1:05.1

And it is asymmetric.

1:06.8

It affects different countries differently.

1:10.0

If you are in the vicinities of the conflict, it's a big hit on you.

1:15.1

If you are an oil importer, it is a big hit on you.

1:19.9

If you have no reserves to protect yourself, you're in a very tough situation.

1:26.0

We are running scenarios depending on the duration of the war.

1:34.3

Now we have hopes for peace that would improve the conditions for everybody.

1:41.3

But we are also looking at impact on infrastructure.

1:46.0

A lot has been damaged and it would take time to bring back to full operation.

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