IMFBlog2021-06-09T09:41:58-04:00June 8, 2021|
By Martin Stuermer and Nico Valckx
As economies reopen in various parts of the world, the price of some commodities has soared, including the prices of prominent industrial metals. The extent to which the metals price rally may lose steam depends on how multiple factors will play out. […]
IMFBlog2020-12-09T16:45:33-05:00December 8, 2020|
By Christian Bogmans and Claire Mengyi Li
中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
As the world economy emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, the consumption of coal is expected to recover from its sharp decline during the pandemic. […]
IMFBlog2019-08-14T07:30:12-04:00August 14, 2019|
By IMFBlog
Pensions, education, healthcare, better infrastructure, technology, and climate change: fiscal policymakers have their work cut out for them on many fronts. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-14T10:35:05-04:00June 8, 2018|
By Ian Parry
June 8, 2018
Versions in عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
A polar bear on shrinking ice in the Arctic: climate change means the world is getting hotter (photo: Sven-Erik Arndt/Newscom)
The world is getting hotter, resulting in rising sea levels, more extreme weather like hurricanes, droughts, and floods, as well as other risks to the global climate like the irreversible […]
IMFBlog2019-03-15T16:17:00-04:00September 12, 2017|
By Reda Cherif, Fuad Hasanov, and Aasim M. Husain
September 12, 2017
Versions in ربي (Arabic), 中文 (Chinese), Español (Spanish), Français (French), 日本語 (Japanese), Русский (Russian)
Filling up at a gas station in California: demand for oil could plummet with the rise of renewable energy (Xinhua/Newscom)
A transportation revolution is underway that could completely transform the oil market in the coming decades. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-26T16:40:38-04:00July 27, 2016|
By Ian Parry and Philippe Wingender
Version in 中文 (Chinese)
A single policy could do it all for China. A carbon tax—an upstream tax on the carbon content of fossil fuel supply—could dramatically cut greenhouse gases, save millions of lives, soothe the government’s fiscal anxieties, and boost green growth. […]
IMFBlog2017-04-14T01:55:23-04:00September 3, 2014|
By Doris Ross
Three months ago African leaders and policymakers assembled in Mozambique under an “Africa Rising” banner to assess the continent’s strong economic performance. But while the outlook for the continent remains strong, individual countries have faced problems and the uncertain global outlook continues to pose risks. Against this backdrop, what are the policies that Africa should pursue to sustain the positive momentum for the continent?
In reality, Africa Rising has never been about unbridled optimism; it has been a tale of strong growth tempered […]
IMFBlog2017-04-14T01:58:09-04:00July 31, 2014|
By Ian Parry
(Versions in Español, 中文, 日本語, Français, and Русский)
Energy plays a critical role in the functioning of modern economies. At the same time, it’s at the heart of many of today’s pressing environmental concerns—from global warming (predicted to reach around 3–4 degrees Celsius by the end of the century) and outdoor air pollution (causing over three million premature deaths a year) to traffic gridlock in urban centers. In […]
IMFBlog2017-04-15T14:07:18-04:00June 6, 2012|
IMFBlog2017-04-15T14:07:35-04:00May 24, 2012|
