Policymakers who came to Washington for this previously scheduled meeting of the IMF and World Bank governing body were sobered by the sudden deterioration in the world economic outlook.

• 到华盛顿来参加这次事先计划中的国际货币基金和世界银行指导委员会会议的各国政策官员，面对世界经济突然恶化的前景感到情势的严峻。