Do the Math: Include Women in Government Budgets
Every day, women around the world experience less opportunity than men in education and employment, and less political representation. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-06T16:04:18-05:00March 6, 2019|
Every day, women around the world experience less opportunity than men in education and employment, and less political representation. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-13T15:25:22-04:00August 10, 2018|
By Jiaqian Chen, Christian Ebeke, Li Lin, Haonan Qu, and Jesse Siminitz
August 10, 2018
Versions in Español, Français, Português
A container ship entering the Port of Marseille, France: The UK is among the European Union’s largest trading partners, accounting for about 13 percent of its trade in goods and services (photo: Gerard Bottino/Newscom)
When the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, higher barriers to trade, capital flows, and labor mobility will affect output and jobs not only in the UK but also in the remaining 27 EU member states. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-13T15:56:44-04:00July 25, 2018|
IMFBlog2019-03-15T10:39:51-04:00February 13, 2018|
By James Brumby and Michael Keen
February 13, 2018
Versions in عربي (Arabic), 中文 (Chinese), Español (Spanish), Français (French), 日本語 (Japanese), Русский (Russian)
New Delhi, India: there are now very few effective explicit wealth taxes in either developing or advanced economies (photo: Jens Kalaene/Corbis).
High and rising income inequality is a serious concern in many countries, as highlighted in the IMF’s recent Fiscal Monitor. Wealth, however, is distributed even more unequally than income, as in the picture below. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-26T11:06:19-04:00March 13, 2017|
By Angana Banerji, Era Dabla-Norris, Romain Duval, and Davide Furceri
Versions in 中文 (Chinese), Français (French),Deutsch (German), Русский (Russian), and Español (Spanish)
Many advanced countries need structural reforms to make their economies more productive and raise long-term living standards. Our new research shows that provided countries can afford it, fiscal policy, through spending or tax incentives, can help governments overcome some obstacles to the reforms, particularly in the early stages. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-26T13:46:14-04:00January 5, 2017|
IMFBlog2019-03-26T16:38:29-04:00August 4, 2016|
By John C. Bluedorn and Christian Ebeke
Small businesses could be the lifeblood of Europe’s economy, but their size and high debt are two of the factors holding back the investment recovery in the euro area. The solution partly lies in policies to help firms grow and reduce debt.
Our new study, part of the IMF’s annual economic health check of the euro area, takes a novel bottom-up look at the problem. We analyze the drivers of investment using a large dataset of over six million observations in eight euro area countries, from 2003 to 2013: Austria, Belgium, Germany, France, Finland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. […]
IMFBlog2017-04-15T14:00:03-04:00January 17, 2013|
IMFBlog2017-04-15T14:09:53-04:00May 6, 2012|