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Cybersecurity Threats Call for a Global Response

IMFBlog2020-01-15T16:07:45-05:00January 13, 2020|

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Last March, Operation Taiex led to the arrest of the gang leader behind the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks on over 100 financial institutions worldwide. This law enforcement operation included the Spanish national police, Europol, FBI, the Romanian, Moldovan, Belarusian, and Taiwanese authorities, as well as private cybersecurity companies. Investigators found out that hackers were operating in at least 15 countries.

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For Venezuela’s Neighbors, Mass Migration Brings Economic Costs and Benefits

IMFBlog2019-11-21T17:12:24-05:00November 21, 2019|

By Emilio Fernandez Corugedo and Jaime Guajardo

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The world’s newest migration crisis is unfolding in Latin America, where Venezuela’s economic collapse and unprecedented humanitarian crisis has sparked a wave of emigration to neighboring countries. (more…)

Reform Doesn’t Have to Cost Votes

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…)

US Business Investment: Rising Market Power Mutes Tax Cut Impact

IMFBlog2019-08-08T07:31:29-05:00August 8, 2019|

By Emanuel Kopp, Daniel Leigh, and Suchanan Tambunlertchai

US business investment has been on the rise. Since the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act at the end of 2017, US businesses have bought more machinery, developed software, and created new intellectual property. (more…)

The Slope of the US Yield Curve and Risks to Growth

IMFBlog2019-07-02T09:00:07-05:00July 2, 2019|

By Tobias Adrian, Rohit Goel and Fabio Natalucci

The slope of the yield curve in the US has inverted in recent months, making long-term debt significantly cheaper than short-term debt. (more…)

A Global Picture of Public Wealth

IMFBlog2019-06-18T11:34:02-05:00June 18, 2019|

By Jason Harris, Abdelhak Senhadji, and Alexander F. Tieman

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Our new data on government assets shows that when governments know what they own, they can make better use of the assets for the well-being of all their citizens. (more…)

State Ownership in Europe’s Former Socialist States: The Unfinished Reform Agenda

IMFBlog2019-06-18T14:28:45-05:00June 18, 2019|

By Poul Thomsen

As we approach the 30^th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the former socialist countries of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) have made tremendous progress in becoming full-fledged market economies and raising income levels. (more…)

Chart of the WeekKeeping the Wheels of Commerce Turning

IMFBlog2019-06-10T08:00:45-05:00June 10, 2019|

By IMFBlog

The tariff disputes roiling markets are a reminder that the global system of free trade, which has delivered so much prosperity, is a fragile one. (more…)

How to Help, Not Hinder Global Growth

IMFBlog2019-06-19T09:26:31-05:00June 5, 2019|

By Christine Lagarde

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As the G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors gather this week in Fukuoka, they can take inspiration from their host city. (more…)

Keynes, the IMF, and the Future

IMFBlog2019-05-30T16:36:18-05:00May 30, 2019|

By Gita Bhatt

If Lord Keynes, who helped usher in the post–World War II economic order at the Bretton Woods conference, visited the IMF today, he would be astonished at the institution’s evolution. (more…)