IMFBlog2021-04-07T09:04:37-04:00April 6, 2021|
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After enduring a tumultuous 2020, the global economy is finally emerging from the worst phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, albeit with prospects diverging starkly across regions and countries—and only after a “lost year” spent in suspended animation. […]
IMFBlog2021-04-08T18:11:32-04:00April 5, 2021|
By Guillaume Chabert, Robert Gregory, and Gaelle Pierre
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Many of the poorest countries in the world are facing the threat of a weak recovery, and setback in their development path. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:13-04:00April 1, 2021|
By David Amaglobeli, Vitor Gaspar, and Paolo Mauro
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The COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying the vicious circle of inequality. To break this pattern and give everyone a fair shot at prosperity, governments need to improve access to basic public services—such as health care (including vaccination) and education—and strengthen redistributive policies. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:13-04:00March 29, 2021|
By Adolfo Barajas and Fabio Natalucci
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Leverage, the ability to borrow, is a double-edged sword. It can boost economic growth by allowing firms to invest in machinery to expand their scale of production, or by allowing people to purchase homes and cars or invest in education. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:13-04:00March 29, 2021|
By Andrea Deghi and Fabio Natalucci
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Empty office buildings. Reduced store hours. Unbelievably low hotel room rates. All are signs of the times. The containment measures put in place last year in response to the pandemic shuttered businesses and offices, and dealt a severe blow to the demand for commercial real estate—especially, in the retail, hotel, and office segments. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:14-04:00March 25, 2021|
By Vitor Gaspar and Chang Yong Rhee
Forget the poetic flap of a butterfly’s wings in Beijing causing rain in Central Park. Climate issues in Asia-Pacific are measured in superlatives. The world’s biggest population. Two of the three largest carbon dioxide-emitting countries and the largest share of emissions globally. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:14-04:00March 16, 2021|
By Jiaxiong Yao
When it’s cold we reach for the heater, and when it’s hot we turn on the air conditioning. A warming globe could reduce the need for heating in cold seasons and increase the demand for cooling when it’s hot. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:14-04:00March 12, 2021|
By Tobias Adrian, Thor Jonasson, Ayhan Kose, and Anderson Silva
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Paychecks for teachers, new hospital equipment, social assistance programs, and other public expenditures. All depend to large extent on governments’ ability to fund them. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:15-04:00March 9, 2021|
By Kazuko Shirono, Esha Chhabra, and Yingjie Fan
The economic downturn caused by the pandemic has taken a painful toll on small businesses. Scores of retail businesses have permanently closed in cities around the world since the Great Lockdown in the spring of 2020. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:15-04:00March 3, 2021|
By Luis Brandao-Marques and Gaston Gelos
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Interest rates are low, and “lower for longer” has become something of a mantra among policy makers, regulators, and other market watchers. But negative interest rates raise an entirely new set of questions. […]
