IMFBlog2020-04-16T11:49:14-04:00April 15, 2020|
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This is a crisis like no other. It is worse than the Global Financial Crisis, and Asia is not immune. While there is huge uncertainty about 2020 growth prospects, and even more so about the 2021 outlook, the impact of the coronavirus on the region will—across the board—be severe and unprecedented. […]
IMFBlog2020-03-20T13:49:24-04:00March 20, 2020|
This blog is part of a series providing regional analysis on the effects of the coronavirus.
By Helge Berger, Kenneth Kang, and Changyong Rhee
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The impact of the coronavirus is having a profound and serious impact on the global economy and has sent policymakers looking for ways to respond. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:56:12-04:00January 30, 2020|
By IMFBlog
In 2020, the IMF plans to assess the stability of twelve financial systems. Seven assessments are of jurisdictions with systemically important financial sectors (Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong SAR, Italy, Korea, Norway, and the United States), for which it is mandatory to undergo financial stability assessments every five years. […]
IMFBlog2019-09-24T07:32:21-04:00September 24, 2019|
By Jiaxiong Yao
It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. The value of a picture taken from space is a new metric we can use to measure economic growth and activity. […]
IMFBlog2019-09-09T14:05:07-04:00September 9, 2019|
By Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom, and Davide Furceri
Rising trade uncertainty is cited as a driving factor for “sluggish global growth” in the current issue of the IMF’s World Economic Outlook, which describes the state of the world economy. […]
IMFBlog2019-07-03T15:32:46-04:00July 3, 2019|
By Raju Huidrom, Carlos Mulas-Granados, Laura Papi, and Emil Stavrev
The Czech Republic exports only a small number of cars and car parts directly to the United States, but it’s likely to suffer significant economic damage if that country were to impose tariffs on auto imports. […]
IMFBlog2019-09-04T10:48:24-04:00June 27, 2019|
By Tobias Adrian and Ceyla Pazarbasioglu
From artificial intelligence to mobile applications, technology helps to increase your access to secure and efficient financial products and services. […]
IMFBlog2019-04-25T10:21:32-04:00April 23, 2019|
By Ramzy Al Amine, Jean-François Dauphin, and Alexei Kireyev
In 1989, the five Maghreb countries—Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia—established the Arab Maghreb Union to promote cooperation and economic integration. Thirty years later, there is still a largely untapped potential for regional trade among Maghreb countries. […]
IMFBlog2019-02-14T11:59:32-05:00February 14, 2019|
If you are reading this blog—drawn by current buzz around financial technology and the “fintech” reference in the title, and its promise to democratize financial services—then it is probably a safe bet to assume that you have heard of M-Pesa. […]
IMFBlog2019-01-23T15:29:21-05:00January 22, 2019|
By Christine Lagarde and John Bluedorn
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“To define is to limit,” Oscar Wilde once said. But sometimes economists need to use definitions to see the scope of a problem and find ways to lift the limits to success. […]
