IMFBlog2019-11-13T08:30:17-05:00November 13, 2019|
By Reda Cherif and Fuad Hasanov
The odds of poor or middle-income countries achieving the stardom of the “Asian Miracles” within a generation or two, or even three, are small. Between 1960 and 2014, only 16 developing economies worldwide were able to vault into high-income status, and many of those were fortunate enough to have discovered oil or join the European Union. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-11-11T08:30:15-05:00November 11, 2019|
Does higher wage growth fuel inflation? In Europe, that has historically been the case. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-11-07T08:34:02-05:00November 7, 2019|
By Shekhar Aiyar and Christian Ebeke
There are clashing views on the relationship between income inequality and growth. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-11-07T16:11:15-05:00November 6, 2019|
By William Gbohoui, Raphael Lam, and Victor Lledo
Social and economic inequality between and within regions in countries is rising in many advanced economies and is now at the forefront of the policy debate because of perceptions that some people and places have been left behind. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-10-30T15:02:45-05:00October 30, 2019|
The informal economy, which is economic activity that falls outside the regulated economy and tax system, such as street vending or unregistered taxi drivers, is hard to measure. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-11-06T14:17:47-05:00October 18, 2019|
By Davide Furceri, Jonathan D. Ostry, and Chris Papageorgiou
Economic reforms are often painful in the short term and hence unpopular, but does that mean reform-minded leaders always pay a price at the ballot box? (more…)
IMFBlog2019-10-16T13:18:52-05:00October 16, 2019|
By Tobias Adrian and Fabio Natalucci
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, Português, 日本語, Русский
The pace of global economic activity remains weak, and financial markets expect rates to stay lower for longer than anticipated in early 2019. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-10-22T14:14:37-05:00October 15, 2019|
Kristalina Georgieva, Cristian Alonso, Era Dabla-Norris, and Kalpana Kochhar
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
As much as half of the world’s work is unpaid. And most of it is done by women. (more…)
IMFBlog2019-10-15T09:52:15-05:00October 15, 2019|
IMFBlog2019-10-11T12:30:41-05:00October 11, 2019|
By Claudio Raddatz and Adolfo Barajas
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
When a Mexican airline buys Brazilian airplanes, it’s likely to finance the purchase with a US dollar loan obtained from a non-US bank. (more…)
