What the Continued Global Uncertainty Means for You
By Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom, and Davide Furceri
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Global uncertainty reached unprecedented levels at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak and […]
Legally Speaking, is Digital Money Really Money?
By Catalina Margulis and Arthur Rossi
Countries are moving fast toward creating digital currencies. Or, so we hear from various surveys showing an increasing number of central banks making substantial […]
Data PointsDenmark’s Ambitious Green Vision
By Nicoletta Batini and Miguel Segoviano
Denmark aspires to become one of the most climate-friendly countries in the world. In June, its Parliament overwhelmingly passed a new climate law that aims […]
The Jobs of Tomorrow
By Saadia Zahidi
This article first appeared in Finance & Development magazine.
The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2020 comes at a crucial juncture for […]
Global Policy Responses to Capital Flow Volatility
By Annamaria De Crescenzio, Annamaria Kokenyne, Dennis Reinhart, and Julia Schmidt
The COVID-19 health and economic crisis has once again focused attention on the fickleness of capital flows and the need to […]
Reclaiming Our World Post-2020
As 2020 draws to a close, many of us cannot wait for this annus horribilis to end. And for good reason: this year has seen more than a […]
Top 10 Charts of the Week for 2020
2020 will soon be over, and with it an incredibly trying year. The editors at IMFBlog wish you good health and peace over the holidays ahead, and into the new year.
In case you missed some […]
What is Really New in Fintech
By Arnoud Boot, Peter Hoffmann, Luc Laeven, Lev Ratnovski
The financial industry is undergoing rapid technological change. Traditional banks face competition from online start-ups with no physical branches. Social media and other […]
Glaciers of Global Finance: The Currency Composition of Central Banks’ Reserve Holdings
By Alina Iancu, Neil Meads, Martin Mühleisen, Yiqun Wu
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The currencies that are being held […]