IMFBlog2020-10-21T17:25:10-04:00July 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. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-13T12:34:49-04:00October 9, 2018|
By Vitor Gaspar, Jason Harris, and Alexander Tieman
October 10, 2018
عربي,中文, Español, Français, Baˈhasa indoneˈsia, 日本語, Português, Русский
A firefighter […]
IMFBlog2019-03-13T14:30:52-04:00September 11, 2018|
By IMFBlog
September 11, 2018
A guard stands outside former US investment bank Lehman brothers (photo: Frances M. Roberts/Newscom)
The tenth anniversary of the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers and the global crisis that followed is a sober reminder of what has changed, and what has not, in the world of economics and finance. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-14T10:32:01-04:00June 12, 2018|
By John Caparusso, Yingyuan Chen, Hideo Hashimoto, David Jones, Will Kerry and Aki Yokoyama
June 12, 2018
Versions in Español, Deutsche, Français, 日本語, Português
The US Treasury is issuing more T-bills, potentially putting upward pressure on the interest rates non-US banks must pay for short-term dollar funding (photo: Jennifer Hack/KRT/Newscom)
For companies and investors outside the […]
IMFBlog2017-04-14T01:45:00-04:00March 30, 2015|
By Era Dabla-Norris, Vikram Haksar, and Kalpana Kochhar
Global growth remains anemic more than five years after the global financial crisis. If nothing is done, the prospect of settling into a “new mediocre” will become reality, especially in advanced economies.
In many advanced economies, accommodative monetary policies, growth-friendly fiscal frameworks, and efforts to tackle private debt overhang and improve tax revenues and compliance are essential to lift economic growth in the short term.
IMFBlog2017-04-14T01:54:23-04:00October 7, 2014|
(Versions in Français, español, 中文, Русский, 日本語)
The recovery continues, but it is weak and uneven.
You have now seen the basic numbers from our latest projections in the October 2014 World Economic Outlook released today. We forecast world growth to be 3.3% in 2014, down 0.1% from our July forecast, and 3.8% in 2015, down 0.2% from our July forecast.
This number […]
IMFBlog2017-04-14T01:58:57-04:00July 14, 2014|
By Reza Moghadam and Ranjit Teja
As inflation has sunk in the euro area, talk of quantitative easing (QE)—and misgivings about it—have soared. Some think QE is not needed; others that it would not work; and yet others that it only creates asset bubbles and may even be “illegal.” In its latest report on the euro area, the IMF assesses recent policy action positively but adds that “… if inflation remains too low, the ECB should consider a substantial balance sheet expansion, including through asset purchases.” Given all the reservations, […]
IMFBlog2017-04-14T01:59:00-04:00June 26, 2014|
By Evridiki Tsounta and Kalpana Kochhar
(Versions in Español)
Emerging market economies have been experiencing strong growth, with annual growth for the period 2000-12 averaging 4¾ percent per year—a full percentage point higher than in the previous two decades. In the last two to three years, however, growth in most emerging markets has been cooling off, in some cases quite rapidly.
Is the recent slowdown just a hiccup or a sign of a more chronic condition? To answer this question, we first looked at the factors behind this strong growth performance.
IMFBlog2017-04-14T02:09:51-04:00March 5, 2014|
By Serkan Arslanalp and Takahiro Tsuda
(Version in Español, Français, Português, Русский, 中文 and 日本語)
There are a trillion reasons to care about who owns emerging market debt. That’s how much money global investors have poured into in these government bonds in recent years —$1 trillion. Who owns it, for how long and why it changes over time can shed light on the risks; a sudden reversal of money flowing out of a country can hurt. Shifts in the investor base also can have […]
IMFBlog2017-04-14T02:16:09-04:00October 2, 2013|
By Erik Oppers
What’s up with weak credit? Five years into the economic crisis credit is still barely growing, and even declining in many advanced economies. Weak credit growth is a major factor holding back the economic recovery and governments have tried every policy they can come up with to jumpstart credit. Still, banks don’t seem to want to lend. Or is it the corporate sector and households that can’t afford to borrow? Many feel these policies are not working. What are […]
