IMFBlog2021-06-01T10:57:30-04:00June 1, 2021|
By Jorge Mondragon and Marina M. Tavares
Lower-skilled and young workers were among the hardest hit from the pandemic, suffering job losses in record numbers last year. Some of those jobs may never reappear as economies readjust to a post-pandemic world. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:16-04:00February 23, 2021|
by Davide Furceri, Jonathan D. Ostry, and Anthony C.K. Tan
Asian economies are performing better than expected. In the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook Update, we upgraded our growth estimate for 2020 by 0.7 percentage point from our previous forecast in October, to a contraction of 1.5 percent—in regional terms, a better outcome than other parts of the world. […]
IMFBlog2020-10-30T15:49:14-04:00October 29, 2020|
By Gabriela Cugat and Futoshi Narita
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Emerging markets and developing economies grew consistently in the two decades before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, allowing for much-needed gains in poverty reduction and life expectancy. The crisis now puts much of that progress at risk while further widening the gap between rich and poor.
Despite the pre-pandemic gains in poverty reduction and lifespans, many of these countries have struggled to reduce income inequality. At the same time, they saw persistently high shares of inactive youth (i.e., those not […]
IMFBlog2020-10-21T10:03:57-04:00October 21, 2020|
The Asia-Pacific region is recovering from its worst recession in living memory. Our latest Regional Economic Outlook shows that a recovery started in the third quarter, but growth engines are not all firing with the same power across countries, leading to a multispeed recovery. […]
IMFBlog2020-11-16T10:48:03-05:00October 13, 2020|
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread with over 1 million lives tragically lost so far. Living with the novel coronavirus has been a challenge like no other, but the world is adapting. As a result of eased lockdowns and the rapid deployment of policy support at an unprecedented scale by central banks and governments around the world, the global economy is coming back from the depths of its collapse in the first half of this year. Employment has partially rebounded after having plummeted during […]
IMFBlog2020-10-09T09:17:34-04:00October 8, 2020|
By Francesco Grigoli and Damiano Sandri
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One enduring lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic is that any lasting economic recovery will depend on resolving the health crisis. […]
IMFBlog2020-10-07T13:05:48-04:00October 7, 2020|
By IMF Staff
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Unaddressed, climate change will entail a potentially catastrophic human and economic toll, but it’s not too late to change course.
Global temperatures have increased by about 1°C since the pre-industrial era because of heat-trapping green-house gases accumulating in the atmosphere. Unless strong action is taken to curb emissions of these gases, global temperatures could increase by an additional 2–5°C by the end of this century. Keeping temperatures to levels deemed safe by scientists requires bringing net carbon emissions to zero on net globally by mid-century.
IMFBlog2020-08-14T10:32:05-04:00August 6, 2020|
By Martin Mühleisen, Tryggvi Gudmundsson, and Hélène Poirson Ward
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The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emerging market economies far exceeded that of the global financial crisis. Unlike previous crises, the response has been decisive just like in advanced economies. […]
IMFBlog2020-06-30T14:40:54-04:00June 25, 2020|
By Tobias Adrian and Fabio Natalucci
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Amid the human tragedy and economic recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the recent surge in risk appetite in financial markets has caught analysts’ attention. […]
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. […]
