IMF Blog Archives

How Pandemic Accelerated Digital Transformation in Advanced Economies

March 21, 2023

Florence Jaumotte, Myrto Oikonomou , Carlo Pizzinelli , Marina M. Tavares

Digital technologies shielded labor and productivity from the pandemic, while lagging countries accelerated the adoption of technology. However, digitalization gaps persist.

Financial markets

Global Portfolio Asset Holdings Decrease Amid Elevated Uncertainty

March 20, 2023

Evrim Bese Goksu, Alicia Hierro, Rita Mesias, Wilson Phiri

Elevated risk aversion amid heightened geopolitical and inflation risks and tightening monetary policies in advanced economies weighed on sentiment

Image of roofs of houses in Copenhagen, Denmark.

House Prices Continue to Fall as Borrowing Costs Rise

March 15, 2023

Hites Ahir, Prakash Loungani, Karan Bhasin

Property markets should enjoy greater stability when central banks slow or pause their campaign of raising interest rates to tame inflation

Global Food Crisis May Persist, With Prices Still Elevated After Year of War

March 9, 2023

Jeff Kearns

International organizations repeat joint call for rapid action on food and nutrition security

Mounting Cyber Threats Mean Financial Firms Urgently Need Better Safeguards

March 2, 2023

Tobias Adrian, Caio Ferreira

Regulators and supervisors must act now to strengthen the prudential framework

Monetary policy

New Worries for Central Bankers

March 1, 2023

Gita Bhatt

This issue of F&D explores how inflation dynamics have forced a re-think of how central banks conduct monetary policy

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