Financial Stability
November 2, 2023
Jamaica's Finance Minister, Nigel Clarke, discusses the country's strong track record of investing in institutions and prioritizing macroeconomic stability with IMF Western Hemisphere Department head, Rodrigo Valdés. The conversation took place as part of the Governor Talks series held during the Annual Meetings in Marrakech.
Financial Stability / Financial markets
FABIO NATALUCCI October 10, 2023
Most economies have shown resilience through the steepest series of rate hikes in decades. But inflation remains stubbornly high in some countries, which is proving a challenge for global monetary policy going forward.
FABIO NATALUCCI April 11, 2023
Financial stability never comes easy, but the past few months have been especially challenging with persistently high inflation and two bank failures in the United States that exposed vulnerabilities lurking beneath the surface.
Financial Stability / Prices
Laura Valderrama March 24, 2023
The last few months have witnessed tensions in Europe's housing markets as the cost-of-living crisis has eroded real incomes and the surge in interest rates has made borrowers more vulnerable to financial distress.
Financial Stability / Monetary policy
Johannes Wiegand March 1, 2023
While the currency values of today’s economic powerhouses help maintain global financial stability, the currency systems in the 19th century were tied to precious metals and France played the stabilizing role.
Alan Blinder February 17, 2023
The conflicts and collaborations in fiscal and monetary policy that have shaped the United States economy.
Financial Stability / Inflation
Justin Wolfers November 30, 2022
Events of the last three years have made life difficult on many levels for millions of people around the world.
Philip R. Lane November 17, 2022
Inflation is high virtually everywhere, but what’s pushing prices to record levels in Europe is not necessarily what’s fueling inflation in the United States.
FABIO NATALUCCI October 11, 2022
Rising risks to the inflation outlook and rapidly changing views about the likely pace of monetary policy tightening have been dominant themes affecting financial stability.
KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA October 7, 2022
With shock upon shock hitting the world economy in the last three years, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva's customary opening speech to the Annual Meetings warned of a darker global outlook and emphasized the need for the world to come together to deal with the consequences.
Carlo Pizzinelli September 8, 2022
New research by economists Carlo Pizzinelli, Peter Andre, Christopher Roth, and Johannes Wohlfart shows a surprising divide between what experts think and consumers believe drives inflation and other economic trends.
FABIO NATALUCCI April 19, 2022
While financial stability risks have risen on several fronts since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the latest Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) says no global systemic event affecting financial institutions or markets has materialized so far.
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