IMFBlog2020-08-17T18:59:38-04:00August 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. […]
IMFBlog2019-04-12T12:58:46-04:00April 10, 2019|
IMFBlog2019-03-13T15:06:24-04:00August 30, 2018|
August 30,2018
(photo: Michael Waraksa)
SREYNITH HAK, 25, MOVED to Phnom Penh eight years ago to pursue a bachelor’s degree in media management. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-14T16:28:33-04:00November 21, 2017|
By IMFBlog
November 21, 2017
Versions in 中文(Chinese), 日本語 (Japanese)
A Japanese mother works at home with her child. Encouraging women to take on full time work and have children would help boost growth in Japan (photo: iStock by Getty Images).
Problem: Japan is the most aged society among advanced economies (almost 27 percent of its people are over 65). It also faces a shortage of labor (unemployment is just 2.8 percent). Both limit the country’s growth potential. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-15T16:20:19-04:00September 5, 2017|
By IMFBlog
September 5, 2017
Back to school in Paris, France: get caught up on our top blogs you may have missed over the summer (photo: LAURENT CHAMUSSY/SIPA/Newscom)
What a summer it’s been. To help you get a handle on all that has happened in the global economy, our editors have compiled a handy primer of our blogs published over the summer months. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-25T10:20:55-04:00August 28, 2017|
By IMFBlog
August 28, 2017
(photo: iStock by Getty Images).
Much as sailors use nautical charts to determine their location at sea, economists use charts to show who we are, where we are, and where we might be going.
In the Spring, we began our Chart of the Week feature on the blog: snapshots in time and over time of how economies work to help illuminate the uncharted waters ahead for the global economy.
Here are our top five charts of the week, based on readership:
IMFBlog2019-03-25T12:43:16-04:00July 17, 2017|
By IMFBlog
July 17, 2017
A worker in a silk factory in Dalat, Vietnam. Encouraging more women to join the workforce and shifting to higher productivity occupations will help the country overcome the impact of an aging population (photo: Gerhard Zwerger-Schoner/imageBroker/Newscom)
Vietnam’s demographic dividend is fast turning into a handicap.
For decades, working-age Vietnamese made up an expanding share of the population, boosting economic growth and helping to keep retirement and health spending in check. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-25T18:11:09-04:00April 3, 2017|
By IMFBlog
Output per worker and total factor productivity have slowed sharply over the past decade in most advanced economies and many emerging and developing countries.
Even before the global financial crisis, productivity growth showed signs of slowing in many advanced economies. But in the aftermath of the crisis, there was a further, abrupt deceleration. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-26T10:30:46-04:00March 13, 2017|
