IMFBlog2021-07-27T16:53:00-04:00July 27, 2021|
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The global economic recovery continues, but with a widening gap between advanced economies and many emerging market and developing economies. Our latest global growth forecast of 6 percent for 2021 is unchanged from the previous outlook, but the composition has changed. […]
IMFBlog2020-05-20T09:09:03-04:00May 19, 2020|
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:56:12-04:00January 20, 2020|
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In the October World Economic Outlook, we described the global economy as in a synchronized slowdown, with escalating downside risks that could further derail growth. Since then, some risks have partially receded with the announcement of a US-China Phase I trade deal and lower likelihood of a no-deal Brexit. […]
IMFBlog2019-04-10T13:25:40-04:00April 10, 2019|
By Tobias Adrian and Fabio Natalucci
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In the United States, the ratio of corporate debt to GDP is at record-high levels. In several European countries, banks are overloaded with government bonds. In China, bank profitability is declining, and capital levels remain low at small and medium-size lenders. […]
IMFBlog2019-04-03T13:31:10-04:00April 3, 2019|
By Weicheng Lian, Natalija Novta, and Petia Topalova
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It might be hard to imagine a time when a 512 kilobyte computer cost more than $28,000. That was in 1984. Today, you can buy a much more powerful computer for under $300. […]
IMFBlog2019-04-04T09:20:55-04:00April 3, 2019|
By Johannes Eugster, Florence Jaumotte, Margaux MacDonald, and Roberto Piazza
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New IMF research finds that macroeconomic factors, not tariffs, explain most of the changes in trade balances between two countries. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-04T14:59:50-05:00December 20, 2018|
By Oya Celasun, Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, and Maurice Obstfeld
December 20, 2018
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The global economy started 2018 on a positive note but the momentum lost steam (photo: scyther5/iStock)
IMFBlog2019-03-13T16:33:37-04:00July 18, 2018|
July 18, 2018
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Cars to be shipped abroad, Jiangsu, China: trade tariffs have gone into effect and export orders have decreased (photo: Imagine China/Newscom)
The artist Claude Monet once said, “I worked without stopping, for the tide at this moment is just as I need it.” As the Group of Twenty finance ministers gather this week at the banks of the Rio de la Plata in Buenos Aires they should be inspired by the words of Monet, […]
IMFBlog2019-03-14T09:28:49-04:00July 16, 2018|
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. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-15T13:30:30-04:00November 16, 2017|
by Sebastian Acevedo, and Natalija Novta
November 16, 2017
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As natural disasters become more frequent and intense, countries should invest in resilient infrastructure to better withstand such hazards (photo: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Newscom).
The weather seems to be getting wilder and fiercer. From devastating hurricanes in the U.S. and the Caribbean, to raging wildfires in California and ruinous floods in India, the human and economic toll of extreme weather events is enormous. […]
