IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:13-04:00March 31, 2021|
By Sonali Das and Philippe Wingender
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
Recessions wreak havoc and the damage is often long-lived. Businesses shut down, investment spending is cut, and people out of work can lose skills and motivation as the months stretch on. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:13-04:00March 31, 2021|
IMFBlog2020-07-23T10:09:16-04:00July 23, 2020|
There has been much discussion in recent months about how workers who transitioned to working from home—and those who were deemed “essential”—are less affected by the layoffs and job losses brought on by lockdowns than are workers in “social” jobs that require closer human interaction, like restaurant workers. […]
IMFBlog2020-06-25T09:17:07-04:00June 24, 2020|
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed economies into a Great Lockdown, which helped contain the virus and save lives, but also triggered the worst recession since the Great Depression. Over 75 percent of countries are now reopening at the same time as the pandemic is intensifying in many emerging market and developing economies. […]
IMFBlog2020-05-18T17:27:30-04:00May 18, 2020|
By John Bluedorn and Wenjie Chen
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
The world is in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing Great Lockdown has pushed many countries into deep recessions—worse than during the 2008–09 global financial crisis. […]
IMFBlog2020-04-27T10:59:36-04:00April 20, 2020|
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
I have been saying for a while that this is a “crisis like no other.” It is:
More complex, with interlinked shocks to our health and our economies that have brought our way of life to an almost complete stop;
More uncertain, as we are learning only gradually how to treat the novel virus, make containment most effective, and restart our economies; and
Truly global. Pandemics don’t respect borders, neither do the economic shocks they cause.
IMFBlog2020-04-21T10:37:30-04:00April 14, 2020|
IMFBlog2019-06-17T12:58:39-04:00June 17, 2019|
By Shekhar Aiyar, John Bluedorn, and Romain Duval
Growth in the euro area rebounded earlier this year, but it remains fragile, while risks have increased. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-14T12:19:57-04:00April 18, 2018|
By Vitor Gaspar and Laura Jaramillo
April 18, 2018
Versions in عربي (Arabic), 中文 (Chinese), Español (Spanish), Français (French), 日本語 (Japanese), Português (Portuguese), Русский (Russian)
High debt makes governments’ financing vulnerable to sudden changes in market sentiment (photo: NYSE-LUCAS JACKSON-REUTERS Newscom).
Global debt hit a new record high of $164 trillion in 2016, the equivalent of 225 percent of global GDP. Both private and public debt have surged over the past decade. High debt […]
IMFBlog2019-03-14T13:32:16-04:00March 21, 2018|
By Valerie Cerra and Sweta C. Saxena
March 21, 2018
Version in 日本語 (Japanese), Português (Portuguese)
New study finds that all types of recessions lead to permanent losses in output and welfare (photo: Peshkov/iStock by GettyImages).
Economic recessions are typically described as short-term periods of negative economic growth. According to the traditional business cycle view, output moves up and down around its long-term upward trend and after a recession, it […]
