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Chart of the WeekGlobal Carbon Emissions Are on the Rise Again

IMFBlog2019-12-05T08:46:07-05:00December 5, 2019|

By Christian Bogmans, Akito Matsumoto, and Andrea Pescatori

After good progress in the beginning of the decade, global carbon emissions have started to pick up again. […]

Chart of the weekTrade Balances Mostly Driven by Economic Forces, Not Tariffs

IMFBlog2019-07-10T12:54:35-04:00July 10, 2019|

Over the past two decades, most of the changes in bilateral trade balances—the difference in the value of exports and imports between two countries—were explained by macroeconomic factors, according to IMF research. […]