Dhaka, April 27 -- The head of the International Monetary Fund said Friday that financial leaders meeting in Washington this week had shown a "remarkably constructive spirit," despite the uncertainty from Donald Trump's tariff plans.

The US president's stop-start rollout of levies against top trading partners since his return to office in January has confused businesses and unnerved investors, sending market volatility to levels not seen since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Taking stock of this week's World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, at which US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent represented the Trump administration, IMF Managing Director Georgieva said the world's finance ministers and central bank governors had recognized the i...