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The High Cost of Global Economic Fragmentation

August 28, 2023

IMFBlog

Growing trade restrictions may reverse economic integration and undermine the cooperation needed to protect against new shocks and address global challenges

Confronting Fragmentation Where It Matters Most: Trade, Debt, and Climate Action

January 16, 2023

Kristalina Georgieva

Fragmentation could make it even more difficult to help many vulnerable emerging and developing economies that have been hard hit by multiple shocks

Top 10 Blogs of 2022 Chronicle Onslaught of War, Inflation, Dollar Surge

December 29, 2022

Jeff Kearns

Readers focus on war’s impact on the world, the repercussions of a strong dollar, and what policies can help revive economic growth

Policymakers Need Steady Hand as Storm Clouds Gather Over Global Economy

October 11, 2022

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

One-third of the world economy will likely contract this year or next amid shrinking real incomes and rising prices

Global Economic Growth Slows Amid Gloomy and More Uncertain Outlook

July 26, 2022

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

The world’s three largest economies are stalling, with important consequences for the global outlook. Inflation is a major concern.

Top 10 Blogs of 2021 Show Breadth of Global Policy Challenges

December 23, 2021

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