IMFBlog2021-02-21T17:06:20-05:00February 19, 2021|
After ending last year with unexpectedly strong vaccine success and hope that the pandemic and economic distress it caused would recede, we woke up to the reality of new virus variants and the unpredictable, winding road that it can lead the world down. […]
IMFBlog2020-12-21T10:00:24-05:00December 21, 2020|
2020 will soon be over, and with it an incredibly trying year. The editors at IMFBlog wish you good health and peace over the holidays ahead, and into the new year.
In case you missed some of the compelling facts and figures in our Charts of the Week series this year, we have pulled together your top reads.
Here are the top ten charts of the week for 2020, based on your readership.
1. Global Uncertainty Related to Coronavirus at Record High
IMFBlog2020-12-14T13:34:17-05:00December 14, 2020|
Central banks have played a pivotal role in easing financial conditions in response to the COVID-19 shock, and helped avert a catastrophic downturn. […]
IMFBlog2020-11-10T10:00:10-05:00November 10, 2020|
Lockdowns, working from home, and physical distancing caused people to spend larger shares of their household budgets on food and housing, while fewer people bought nonessentials, like airline tickets and clothing. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:56:12-04:00January 29, 2020|
Economic activity in Latin America and the Caribbean stagnated in 2019, continuing with the weak growth momentum of the previous five years and adding more urgency and new challenges to reignite growth. Indeed, real GDP per capita in the region has declined by 0.6 percent per year on average during 2014–2019—a sharp contrast from the commodity boom’s average increase of two percent per year during 2000–2013. […]
IMFBlog2020-01-06T17:16:30-05:00December 30, 2019|
By IMFBlog
The decade is over and with it goes another year of insightful, thought-provoking, and dare we say clever, charts of the week brought to you by the IMF.
Everyone likes a great chart, right? So to get the new year started on the right foot, take a minute and look back at what caught your eye (or what you might have missed) in 2019. […]
IMFBlog2019-11-11T08:30:15-05:00November 11, 2019|
Does higher wage growth fuel inflation? In Europe, that has historically been the case. […]
IMFBlog2019-11-06T14:17:47-05:00October 18, 2019|
By Davide Furceri, Jonathan D. Ostry, and Chris Papageorgiou
Economic reforms are often painful in the short term and hence unpopular, but does that mean reform-minded leaders always pay a price at the ballot box? […]
IMFBlog2019-07-29T16:39:03-04:00July 29, 2019|
Economic activity in Latin America and the Caribbean remains sluggish. Real GDP is expected to grow by 0.6 percent in 2019—the slowest rate since 2016—before rising to 2.3 percent in 2020. […]
IMFBlog2019-02-12T15:49:53-05:00February 5, 2019|
By Ruchir Agarwal and Signe Krogstrup
