IMFBlog2019-02-20T12:27:54+00:00February 20, 2019|
By Sriram Balasubramanian and Paul Cashin
Perched in the eastern Himalayas between India and China and home to about 735,000 people, Bhutan is a unique country in terms of both its geography and society. It turns out that Bhutan also boasts a unique approach to policymaking. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-02-14T11:59:32+00:00February 14, 2019|
If you are reading this blog—drawn by current buzz around financial technology and the "fintech” reference in the title, and its promise to democratize financial services—then it is probably a safe bet to assume that you have heard of M-Pesa. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-02-14T11:49:12+00:00February 13, 2019|
By Tobias Adrian and Aditya Narain
Healthy banking sector. Healthy economy. So goes the thinking. Banks play a vital role in economic life—whether for individual consumers, or more broadly across an entire economy—and a strong and stable banking system is a matter of public concern. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-02-12T16:18:59+00:00February 6, 2019|
By Longmei Zhang and Sally Chen
Digitalization has created millions of new jobs in China, accounting for between one-third and one-half of employment growth in the world’s second-largest economy. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-02-12T15:49:53+00:00February 5, 2019|
By Ruchir Agarwal and Signe Krogstrup
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Many central banks reduced policy interest rates to zero during the global financial crisis to boost growth. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-02-05T11:56:46+00:00January 31, 2019|
IMFBlog2019-01-31T11:23:01+00:00January 25, 2019|
Economic activity in Latin America continues to rise, but at a slower rate than previously anticipated. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-01-23T15:29:21+00:00January 22, 2019|
By Christine Lagarde and John Bluedorn
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“To define is to limit,” Oscar Wilde once said. But sometimes economists need to use definitions to see the scope of a problem and find ways to lift the limits to success. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-01-21T10:05:47+00:00January 21, 2019|
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While global growth in 2018 remained close to postcrisis highs, the global expansion is weakening and at a rate that is somewhat faster than expected. This update of the World Economic Outlook (WEO) projects global growth at 3.5 percent in 2019 and 3.6 percent in 2020, 0.2 and 0.1 percentage point below last October’s projections. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-02-05T11:59:16+00:00January 18, 2019|
By Martin Mühleisen and Mark Flanagan
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There has been much public discussion of the debt sustainability of a handful of high-risk countries. (more…)
