IMFBlog2021-05-14T13:01:37-04:00May 12, 2021|
By Abebe Aemro Selassie and Andrew Tiffin
中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
Imagine you’re a policymaker in sub-Saharan Africa. You’ve been charged with lifting your country out of the worst health crisis in living memory, and nobody around you knows when it will end—the second wave that gripped the region earlier in the year has eased, but many countries are nonetheless bracing for further waves as winter approaches. […]
IMFBlog2021-04-16T13:35:53-04:00April 15, 2021|
By Alejandro Werner, Takuji Komatsuzaki, and Carlo Pizzinelli
Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean recovered briskly in the second half of 2020, yet still more slowly than the global economy and other emerging markets. […]
IMFBlog2021-04-14T15:11:02-04:00April 14, 2021|
One year into the pandemic, Europe finds itself at another turning point. New waves of infection are hitting the continent, requiring new lockdowns. […]
IMFBlog2021-04-07T09:04:37-04:00April 6, 2021|
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
After enduring a tumultuous 2020, the global economy is finally emerging from the worst phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, albeit with prospects diverging starkly across regions and countries—and only after a “lost year” spent in suspended animation. […]
IMFBlog2021-01-04T10:00:14-05:00January 4, 2021|
IMFBlog2020-10-26T10:33:09-04:00October 23, 2020|
By Dimitris Drakopoulos, Rohit Goel, Fabio Natalucci, and Evan Papageorgiou
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Русский
After the unprecedented hit to economic activity in emerging market economies from the COVID-19 pandemic, their economic output is projected to shrink by 3.3 percent in 2020. […]
IMFBlog2020-10-21T11:38:35-04:00October 21, 2020|
The pandemic is exacting a heavy toll on Europe. More than 240,000 people have lost their lives. Millions have suffered the illness themselves, the loss of loved ones, or major disruption in their work, their businesses, and their daily lives. […]
IMFBlog2020-09-24T15:21:20-04:00September 17, 2020|
By Robert Gregory, Huidan Lin, and Martin Mühleisen
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
In the face of unprecedented uncertainty and the severe economic impact triggered by COVID-19, the Fund continues to adapt its lending. At the same time, it aims to ensure realistic targets, uphold the credibility of programs, and foster national ownership. […]
IMFBlog2020-08-13T10:24:57-04:00August 13, 2020|
By IMFBlog
The pandemic has altered people’s lives in both enormous and small ways. Our editors have picked the top recent blogs that dig into the details of what COVID-19 means for people: the impact on women and the young, what it means for the food supply, and how it can increase already growing inequality, to name a few. […]
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. […]
