IMFBlog2020-08-07T10:00:06-04:00August 7, 2020|
By Jiro Honda and Hiroaki Miyamoto
In the midst of the current COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers around the world are undertaking fiscal stimulus—a combination of spending increases and tax reductions—to support their economies. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-08-07T10:56:10-04:00August 6, 2020|
By Martin Mühleisen, Tryggvi Gudmundsson, and Hélène Poirson Ward
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, Português, Русский
The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emerging market economies far exceeded that of the global financial crisis. Unlike previous crises, the response has been decisive just like in advanced economies. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-08-06T11:19:25-04:00August 4, 2020|
By Martin Kaufman and Daniel Leigh
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, Português, Русский
The world entered the COVID-19 pandemic with persistent, pre-existing external imbalances. The crisis has caused a sharp reduction in trade and significant movements in exchange rates but limited reduction in global current account deficits and surpluses. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-07-31T10:03:08-04:00July 30, 2020|
By Tobias Adrian, Ghiath Shabsigh, and Ashraf Khan
عربي, 中文, Español, 日本語, Русский
The role and mandates of central banks have become broader and more complex since the 2008 global financial crisis. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-07-29T13:33:41-04:00July 29, 2020|
By Montfort Mlachila and Rasmane Ouedraogo
While the economic effects of conflict and political instability have been analyzed extensively, much less attention has been paid to how banks are affected. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-07-29T14:36:38-04:00July 28, 2020|
By Vitor Gaspar, Martin Mühleisen, and Rhoda Weeks-Brown
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
Corruption, the abuse of public office for private gain, is about more than wasted money: it erodes the social contract and corrodes the government’s ability to help grow the economy in a way that benefits all citizens. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-07-23T10:09:16-04:00July 23, 2020|
There has been much discussion in recent months about how workers who transitioned to working from home—and those who were deemed “essential”—are less affected by the layoffs and job losses brought on by lockdowns than are workers in “social” jobs that require closer human interaction, like restaurant workers. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-07-29T10:12:00-04:00July 21, 2020|
By Kristalina Georgieva, Stefania Fabrizio, Cheng Hoon Lim, and Marina M. Tavares
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to roll back gains in women’s economic opportunities, widening gender gaps that persist despite 30 years of progress. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-07-21T09:46:51-04:00July 20, 2020|
By Gustavo Adler, Gita Gopinath and Carolina Osorio Buitron
Faced with an unprecedented shock of collapsing global demand and commodity prices, capital outflows, major supply chain disruptions and a generalized drop in global trade, many emerging markets and developing economies’ (EMDEs) currencies have weakened sharply. (more…)
IMFBlog2020-07-16T12:39:20-04:00July 15, 2020|
