 The week that was: The IMF and the World Bank held their annual meetings virtually. G20 finance ministers and the multilateral lenders agreed to extend the Debt Service Suspension Initiative DSSI through June 2021, suspending the payment of interest and principal. The worlds 79 poorest countries are eligible to join the DSSI. A second wave of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 pandemic reaching Europe and the US and a lack of agreement on a US stimulus package has been affecting global markets. 