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IMFBlog2019-03-14T11:50:22-04:00May 15, 2018|
By Ali Alichi and Rodrigo Mariscal
May 15, 2018
Versions in Español, Português
Investment in education an important countervailing force in addressing income inequality (photo: Istock by Getty Images).
When it comes to income inequality among American households, outcomes have varied […]
IMFBlog2019-03-25T12:40:32-04:00July 19, 2017|
By Stefania Fabrizio, Roland Kpodar, and Chris Lane
July 19, 2017
Versions in عربي (Arabic), 中文 (Chinese), Français (French), 日本語 (Japanese), Русский (Russian), and Español (Spanish)
Schoolchildren in line in Mali: Reducing the large gap between men’s and […]
IMFBlog2019-03-26T18:09:03-04:00June 28, 2016|
By Ali Alichi
Version in Español (Spanish)
The latest IMF review of the U.S. economy underscores the country’s resilience in the face of financial market volatility, a strong dollar, and subdued global demand. But the review also cites longer-term challenges to growth, including rising income polarization.
IMFBlog2019-03-27T17:41:09-04:00April 28, 2015|
By Ravi Balakrishnan and Juan Solé
(Version in Español)
Last month’s report on U.S. jobs was disappointing, with far fewer jobs than expected added in March. A longer-term look at trends yields a different picture, however. Over the past year, U.S. job creation has been impressive. Payroll gains have averaged 260,000 per month—well above the 160,000 monthly average seen throughout the 2010–13 recovery.
IMFBlog2017-04-14T01:54:09-04:00October 10, 2014|
By Serkan Arslanalp, David Jones, and Sanjay Hazarika
Six years after the start of the global financial crisis, low interest rates and other central bank policies in the United States remain critical to encourage economic risk-taking—increased consumption by households, and greater willingness to invest and hire by businesses. However, this prolonged monetary ease also may have encouraged excessive financial risk-taking. Our […]
IMFBlog2017-04-14T01:55:33-04:00August 28, 2014|
By Deniz Igan
(Version in Español)
Something unusual happened this year. For the first time in almost ten years, a book by an economist made it to Amazon’s Top 10 list. Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century captured the attention of people from all walks of life because it echoed what an increasing number […]
IMFBlog2017-04-14T01:58:22-04:00July 28, 2014|
By Ruy Lama
House prices are rising rapidly in the UK at an annual rate of 10.5 percent. House price inflation is particularly high in London (20 percent per year), and it is gradually accelerating in the rest of the country. The recent increases in house prices have been getting a lot of attention, and understandably […]
IMFBlog2017-04-15T14:03:39-04:00September 13, 2012|
Following the crisis, sharp losses in the values of houses and financial assets, as well as difficulties in obtaining new credit, forced American families to save more and rebuild their wealth. The ensuing rise in the saving rate, which stood at 4 percent in the second quarter of 2012, has been an important reason why the recovery from the 2008–09 recession has been sluggish. Therefore, our study looked at which types of households drove the aggregate saving rate down before the crisis and those that drove it up afterwards, so as to improve our ability to assess the potential for future U.S. growth.
IMFBlog2022-08-05T17:06:27-04:00August 4, 2022|
The war in Ukraine and resulting increase in commodity prices are expected to contribute to a further widening this year.
IMFBlog2022-08-02T15:30:34-04:00August 3, 2022|
With fossil fuels likely to remain expensive for some time, governments should let retail prices rise to promote energy conservation while protecting poorer households.
