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Metalworker at a steel plant in Ukraine, which has overcome the worst of the crisis but now faces new challenges (photo: Alexander Khudoteply/AFP)

IMF Urges Ukraine To Stick With Recovery Policies

November 04, 2009

The IMF urges Ukrainian policymakers to try to forge a consensus to support economic recovery and avoid measures that would fuel inflation and unemployment. IMF Mission Chief Ceyla Pazarbasioglu discusses the status of the Ukrainian economic program and the way forward.click for more

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IMF Research

Global Recovery Under Way but Likely to Be Slow, Says IMF

October 01, 2009
After a deep recession, global economic growth has turned positive, driven by wide-ranging, coordinated public intervention that has supported demand and reduced uncertainty and systemic risk in financial markets, according to the IMF’s latest report on the global economy.

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Policy

IMF Countries Back Recovery Moves, Governance Reforms

October 04, 2009
A key policy committee of the IMF, meeting in Istanbul with the world economy now on a recovery path, committed to maintaining stimulative policies until recovery is assured and backed moves to reform country representation at the 186-member Fund.

IMF-Backed Programs Widen Policy Options to Counter Crises

October 01, 2009
As the global economic crisis hits low-income countries harder than expected, the designs of IMF-supported programs have created space in many countries for countercyclical policies to address the impact of the global food, fuel, and financial crises, an IMF study says.

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IMF Survey Interview

Social Risks Ahead If Jobs Crisis Is Not Addressed—IMF

September 18, 2009
In an interview, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn discusses the outlook for the global economy, the threats to social stability from rising unemployment, and the IMF’s role in a post-crisis world, and reiterates concerns about the “third phase” of the crisis— high unemployment.

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What the Numbers Show

Did Foreign Reserves Help Weather the Crisis?

October 08, 2009
Did the large accumulation of international reserves in many emerging economies mitigate the impact of the financial crisis? While country authorities believe reserves have helped, hard econometric evidence that they have seems hard to come by.

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Did You Know?

Since 1995, global capital flows have tripled to $6.4 trillion, reaching about 14.5 percent of world GDP, after 15 years of staying within a relatively narrow range of 2-6 percent. Slideshow.click for more

In the News

'Istanbul Decisions' to Guide IMF as Countries Shape Post-Crisis World

October 06, 2009
IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn tells policymakers from 186 countries gathered in Istanbul that global cooperation has saved the world from a far worse crisis and leaders should now seize the opportunity to shape a post-crisis world.

IMF Chief Puts Focus on Building Stable Post-Crisis World

October 02, 2009
IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, in Istanbul for the IMF’s annual meetings, outlined three principles for building on close international cooperation during the global economic crisis to move toward sustainable and broad-based growth in the post-crisis world.

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Countries & Regions

Latin America Shows Signs of Renewed Growth

October 04, 2009
Many countries in Latin America are showing signs of renewed growth, after being hit hard by the global recession through drops in exports, workers remittances, and tourism, as well as a reversal of capital inflows, says the Director of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department.

Prudent Policies Help Sub-Saharan Africa Ride Downturn

October 03, 2009
There are grounds for optimism that sub-Saharan Africa’s performance relative to the rest of the world will be better than in the past, the IMF says. But the world slowdown is exacting a heavy toll that is all the more harmful given endemic poverty.

Europe: IMF Sees Slow and Fragile Recovery

October 03, 2009
Europe’s long recession is bottoming out, reflecting strong policy action, rebounding confidence, and a tentative world trade upswing, the IMF’s new regional outlook says. “Growth is around the corner,” said IMF European Department Director Marek Belka.

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What Readers Say

Goal Is Efficient Credit Delivery, Not Just Profit

October 13, 2009
U.S. firms that benefit most from the complexity of thousands of deals seem to forget that the purpose of the exercise is to deliver credit and credit investment efficiently, not just to make profit for intermediaries, writes Robert Kent from New York City.

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