How Much Should You Save for Retirement?
By David Amaglobeli, Era Dabla-Norris, and Vitor Gaspar
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How much you need to save for retirement depends on your country’s pension system. […]
G20: Step Up to Boost Inclusive Growth
November 28, 2018
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Puerto Madero harbor, Buenos Aires, Argentina: G20 countries will need to act swiftly and together to boost inclusive growth (photo: Florian Kopp imageBROKER/Newscom)
As G20 leaders gather in Argentina, the global economy faces a critical juncture. […]
Chart of the Week: Grading the G-20 on its Growth Goals
By Helge Berger and Margaux MacDonald
November 19, 2018
Growth is stronger in the G-20 but progress toward more balanced, sustainable, and inclusive growth is slow (photo: Egon Bömsch imageBROKER/Newscom)
This blog is dedicated to the memory of Giang Ho, an IMF economist who died suddenly this past August. Her efforts and ingenuity were critical to carrying out this analytical work. We miss her and will never forget her.
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Chart of the Week: Government Debt Is Not the Whole Story: Look at the Assets
By IMFBlog
October 23, 2018
The Millennium Bridge in London, England: governments often don’t include the value of their assets, like bridges and roads, as well as natural resources, when they measure public wealth (Ingram Publishing/Newscom)
Lost track of your personal finances? You are not alone. Your government has often lost track of its finances too. While it keeps close tabs on debt, it is less clear on how much it owns: the assets. […]
Global Growth Plateaus as Economic Risks Materialize
October 9, 2018
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Uncertainty over trade policy is becoming a drag on economic activity (photo: Imagine China/Newscom)
The latest World Economic Outlook report projects that global growth will remain steady over 2018–19 at last year’s rate of 3.7 percent. This growth exceeds that achieved in any of the years between 2012 and 2016. It occurs as many economies have reached or are nearing full employment and as earlier deflationary fears have dissipated. Thus, policymakers still have an excellent opportunity to build resilience and implement growth-enhancing reforms.
The Global Expansion: Still Strong but Less Even, More Fragile, Under Threat
July 16, 2018
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The escalation of trade tensions is the greatest near-term threat to global growth (photo: wildpixel/Getty Images by iStock)
Amid rising tensions over international trade, the broad global expansion that began roughly two years ago has plateaued and become less balanced. […]
Economic Preparedness: The Need for Fiscal Space
By Vikram Haksar, Marialuz Moreno-Badia, Catherine Pattillo and Murtaza Syed
June 27, 2018
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Countries must assess the amount of room in their budgets for increasing spending or cutting taxes (photo: Martin Barraud/iStock by Getty Images)
How much leeway national policymakers have for increasing spending or cutting taxes has been hard to assess. […]
5 Things You Need to Know About the IMF and Climate Change
By Ian Parry
June 8, 2018
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A polar bear on shrinking ice in the Arctic: climate change means the world is getting hotter (photo: Sven-Erik Arndt/Newscom)
The world is getting hotter, resulting in rising sea levels, more extreme weather like hurricanes, droughts, and floods, as well as other risks to the global climate like the irreversible collapsing of ice sheets. […]