The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both post their worst week since the start of the pandemic, with markets skittish ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve meeting. We hear from IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva who says central bank clarity is vital for global economic recovery. Georgieva spoke to us during a Davos Agenda panel on the global economic outlook, which also featured the ECB's Christine Lagarde, the BOJ's Haruhiko Kuroda, as well as Brazil's Economy Minister and Indonesia's Finance Minister. In Italy, former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi drops out of the presidential race. Current prime minister Mario Draghi remains favourite to take over from Sergio Mattarella. Meanwhile, the U.S. recalls all non-essential embassy personnel from Kiev, as the UK government considers strident financial sanctions on Moscow in the event of an invasion of Ukraine. And in corporate news, Nelson Peltz’s activist hedge fund Trian snaps up a stake in Unilever on the back of shareholder frustration with CEO Alan Jope’s failed recent bid for GSK’s healthcare unit.

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