IMFBlog2019-03-13T10:39:54-04:00December 28, 2018|
By IMFBlog
December 28, 2018
New Year’s eve fireworks in London, England: read our top ten blogs of 2018 (photo: Ben Cawthra/Newscom)
In 2018, the blogs that caught our readers’ collective eye were about the enduring forces molding the global economy: Brexit, crypto assets, debt, and housing prices, to name a few. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-03-04T14:59:50-05:00December 20, 2018|
By Oya Celasun, Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, and Maurice Obstfeld
December 20, 2018
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
The global economy started 2018 on a positive note but the momentum lost steam (photo: scyther5/iStock)
IMFBlog2019-03-13T10:48:43-04:00December 18, 2018|
December 18, 2018
A woman sells street food at a market stall in Mexico City, Mexico: the country’s spike in crime is hurting small businesses’ profitability (photo: Jonah_Photos/iStock)
The human and economic costs of crime in Mexico have risen to historic highs. 2017 was Mexico’s most violent year on record with over 25,000 homicides—a 50 percent jump since 2015. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-03-13T10:49:35-04:00December 14, 2018|
By Atilla Arda, Daniel Hardy, and Maike B. Luedersen
December 14, 2018
View of skyscrapers in the banking district in Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Progress has been made, but more needs to be done to strengthen the euro area’s banking union (photo: imageBROKER/Stefan Ziese/Newscom)
Dealing with problem banks in a prompt, efficient, and even-handed manner is essential for the European banking union. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-03-13T10:53:11-04:00December 13, 2018|
By IMFBlog
December 13, 2018
Villagers of Moruleng mining community in South Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa countries can see an increase in growth by relying less on commodities and more on non-resource intensive investments. (Photo: SIPHIWE SIBEKI/Reuters/Newscom)
The story of Africa’s growth rate over recent years is a tale with several story lines. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-03-13T10:54:26-04:00December 12, 2018|
By IMFBlog
December 12, 2018
An arctic fox: climate change means Arctic ice has declined by 95 percent, according to recent science (photo: National Geographic/Newscom)
Mother Nature is trying to tell us something. As the heat literally rises in so many ways, people have gathered in Poland for the United Nation’s latest Climate Summit, known as the COP24. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-03-13T10:55:46-04:00December 7, 2018|
IMFBlog2019-03-13T10:57:28-04:00December 4, 2018|
By Jiaqian Chen
December 4, 2018
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
A UK border agency worker holds a passport: As a member of the European Union, free labor mobility has enabled the UK to hire talent from across the EU (photo: Mac Gregor/Reuters/Newscom)
The United Kingdom is set to leave the European Union in March 2019. Our research suggests that all likely Brexit outcomes will entail an economic cost for the UK, and these costs would be unevenly spread across different sectors and regions. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-01-08T16:58:39-05:00December 3, 2018|
by Signe Krogstrup and Maurice Obstfeld
December 3, 2018
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
A wolf in the snow: the planet isn’t crying wolf as man’s economic activities reach a scale where the global climate is at risk (photo: ImageBroker/ David MichaSheldon/Newscom)
The COP-21 Paris Agreement limiting greenhouse gas emissions was a major achievement on the road to meeting the threat of climate change. But as the evidence becomes increasingly unambiguous that human activity is destabilizing the Earth’s climate and biosphere, policymakers will need to do more. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-03-13T11:44:44-04:00November 30, 2018|
November 30, 2018
(photo: Michael Waraksa)
As the world seeks to address the rise of populism and nationalism, it is becoming clear that economic insecurity lies at the heart of much of the discontent. (more…)
