Archive 2018

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• Top 10 Blogs of 2018
  • Published: December 28, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• 5 Charts That Explain the Global Economy in 2018
  • Published: December 20, 2018
  • Authors: Oya Celasun, Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, Maurice Obstfeld
• Chart of the Week: Mexico’s Spike in Crime Hurts the Economy
  • Published: December 18, 2018
  • Authors: Christian Saborowski
• Five Actions to Strengthen the Euro Area Banking Union
  • Published: December 14, 2018
  • Authors: Atilla Arda, Daniel Hardy, Maike B. Luedersen
• Chart of the Week: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Growth—A Tale of Different Experiences
  • Published: December 13, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Top 5 Blogs on Climate Change
  • Published: December 12, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Is Latin America Prepared for an Aging Population?
  • Published: December 11, 2018
• Quiz on the Global Economy: How Much Do You Know?
  • Published: December 7, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• The Uneven Path Ahead: The Effect of Brexit on Different Sectors in the UK Economy
  • Published: December 4, 2018
  • Authors: Jiaqian Chen
• A Planet at Risk Requires Multilateral Action
  • Published: December 3, 2018
  • Authors: Signe Krogstrup, Maurice Obstfeld
• A New Social Contract
  • Published: November 30, 2018
• Economic Gains from Gender Inclusion: Even Greater than You Thought
  • Published: November 28, 2018
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde, Jonathan D. Ostry
• G20: Step Up to Boost Inclusive Growth
  • Published: November 28, 2018
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• Chart of the Week: Grading the G-20 on its Growth Goals
  • Published: November 19, 2018
  • Authors: Helge Berger, Margaux MacDonald
• Women, Technology, and the Future of Work
  • Published: November 16, 2018
  • Authors: Era Dabla-Norris, Kalpana Kochhar
• Sounding the Alarm on Leveraged Lending
  • Published: November 15, 2018
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Fabio Natalucci, Thomas Piontek
• Chart of the Week: Bye Bye Baby—How Crises Affect Fertility Rates
  • Published: November 13, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• When History Rhymes
  • Published: November 5, 2018
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• Realizing the Potential of the G20 Compact with Africa
  • Published: October 30, 2018
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• Chart of the Week: Financial Reform Report Card
  • Published: October 29, 2018
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Dirk Jan Grolleman, Anastasiia Morozova
• Chart of the Week: Government Debt Is Not the Whole Story: Look at the Assets
  • Published: October 23, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Chart of the Week: Words Count for Central Bank Communications in Latin America
  • Published: October 15, 2018
  • Authors: Juan Yepez
• The Wealth of Nations: Governments Can Better Manage What They Own and Owe
  • Published: October 10, 2018
  • Authors: Vitor Gaspar, Jason Harris, Alexander F. Tieman
• The Financial System Is Stronger, but New Vulnerabilities Have Emerged in the Decade Since the Crisis
  • Published: October 9, 2018
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian
• Global Growth Plateaus as Economic Risks Materialize
  • Published: October 9, 2018
  • Authors: Maurice Obstfeld
• Lasting Effects: The Global Economic Recovery 10 Years After the Crisis
  • Published: October 3, 2018
  • Authors: Wenjie Chen, Mico Mrkaic, Malhar Nabar
• A Decade After Lehman, the Financial System Is Safer. Now We Must Avoid Reform Fatigue
  • Published: October 3, 2018
  • Authors: Adolfo Barajas, Claudio Raddatz Kiefer, James P. Walsh
• Central Bank Credibility Pays Off in Times of Stress
  • Published: October 3, 2018
  • Authors: Rudolfs Bems, Francesca Caselli, Francesco Grigoli, Bertrand Gruss, Weicheng Lian
• The Digital Accelerator: Revving Up Government in Asia
  • Published: September 26, 2018
  • Authors: Vitor Gaspar, Chang Yong Rhee
• Chart of the Week: The Digital Divide in Asia
  • Published: September 25, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Give Today’s Children a Chance
  • Published: September 24, 2018
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde, Vitor Gaspar
  • Summary: World leaders are gathering at the United Nations to discuss how to deliver on development for all that is economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable—“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Chart of the Week: Inequality in China
  • Published: September 20, 2018
  • Authors: Sonali Jain-Chandra
• Women in Finance: An Economic Case for Gender Equality
  • Published: September 19, 2018
  • Authors: Martin Čihák, Ratna Sahay
• Asia Needs More Access to Financial Services to Grow
  • Published: September 18, 2018
  • Authors: Sarwat Jahan, Elena Loukoianova, Cormac Sullivan, Yongzheng Yang
• Welcome to e-Estonia: Where Virtual Residents Outnumber Newborns
  • Published: September 14, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Top 5 Blogs on Finance
  • Published: September 11, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Back to School Blogs
  • Published: September 7, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Steering the World Toward More Cooperation, Not Less
  • Published: September 6, 2018
  • Authors: Vitor Gaspar, Sean Hagan, Maurice Obstfeld
• Ten Years After Lehman—Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead
  • Published: September 5, 2018
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• Region on the Rise
  • Published: August 30, 2018
• Chart of the Week: Invest in Robots and People in Asia
  • Published: August 29, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
  • Summary: More complex work that could only be done by humans can now be done by machines.
• Euro Area Inflation: Why Low For So Long?
  • Published: August 28, 2018
  • Authors: Yasser Abdih, Li Lin, Anne-Charlotte Paret Onorato
• How the Tortilla Industry Can Help Explain Mexico’s Productivity Problem
  • Published: August 22, 2018
  • Authors: Florian Misch, Christian Saborowski
• Chart of the Week: Educate Girls and Women to Boost Equality
  • Published: August 22, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Impact of Remittances on Household Decisions in Guatemala
  • Published: August 14, 2018
• Chart of the Week: A Bumpy Road Ahead for Electric Cars
  • Published: August 13, 2018
  • Authors: Christian Bogmans, Lama Kiyasseh
• The Long-Term Impact of Brexit on the European Union
  • Published: August 10, 2018
  • Authors: Jiaqian Chen, Christian Ebeke, Li Lin, Haonan Qu, Jesse Siminitz
• Chart of the Week: Equal Pay Remains a Global Issue
  • Published: August 6, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Trade and Remittances Within Africa
  • Published: August 1, 2018
  • Authors: Francisco Arizala, Matthieu Bellon, Margaux MacDonald, Montfort Mlachila, Mustafa Y. Yenice
• Chart of the Week: The Spread of Ideas and Innovation
  • Published: July 30, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Chart of the Week: Top 5 Charts
  • Published: July 26, 2018
• 5 Things You Need to Know About the IMF and the Sustainable Development Goals
  • Published: July 26, 2018
  • Authors: Tony Annett, Chris Lane
• Chart of the Week: Top 5 Charts
  • Published: July 25, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Addressing Global Imbalances Requires Cooperation
  • Published: July 24, 2018
  • Authors: Maurice Obstfeld
• Outlook for the Americas: A Tougher Recovery
  • Published: July 23, 2018
  • Authors: Alejandro Werner
• Shifting Tides: Policy Challenges and Opportunities for the G-20
  • Published: July 18, 2018
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• The Global Expansion: Still Strong but Less Even, More Fragile, Under Threat
  • Published: July 16, 2018
  • Authors: Maurice Obstfeld
• Fiscal Adjustment and Growth—A Policy Dilemma
  • Published: July 12, 2018
  • Authors: Yan Carrière-Swallow, Daniel Leigh
• Chart of the Week: An Answer to the U.S. Wage Puzzle
  • Published: July 10, 2018
  • Authors: Yasser Abdih
• Chart of the Week: Top 5 Charts
  • Published: July 9, 2018
• Designing a Fairer Form of Fiscal Consolidation in Latin America
  • Published: July 5, 2018
  • Authors: Kimberly Beaton
• How To Deal With Failed Banks
  • Published: July 3, 2018
  • Authors: Deniz Igan
• Chart of the Week: The Productivity Penalty: World Cup Winners and Losers
  • Published: July 2, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Economic Preparedness: The Need for Fiscal Space
  • Published: June 27, 2018
  • Authors: Vikram Haksar, Marialuz Moreno-Badia, Catherine Pattillo, Murtaza Syed
• Chart of the Week: When High Yield Goes Boom
  • Published: June 26, 2018
  • Authors: Divya Kirti
• Estimating Cyber Risk for the Financial Sector
  • Published: June 22, 2018
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• How the Commodity Boom Helped Tackle Poverty and Inequality in Latin America
  • Published: June 21, 2018
  • Authors: Ravi Balakrishnan, Frederik Toscani
• From Shadows to Sunlight, Paraguay’s Road to Transparency
  • Published: June 15, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• From Shadows to Sunlight, Paraguay’s Road to Transparency
  • Published: June 13, 2018
• Chart of the Week: Japan’s Robots
  • Published: June 12, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• An Imbalance in Global Banks’ Dollar Funding
  • Published: June 12, 2018
  • Authors: John Caparusso, Yingyuan Chen, Hideo Hashimoto, David Jones, Will Kerry, Aki Yokoyama
• 5 Things You Need to Know About the IMF and Climate Change
  • Published: June 8, 2018
  • Authors: Ian Parry
• Chart of the Week: The Rise of Corporate Giants
  • Published: June 6, 2018
  • Authors: Federico J. Díez, Daniel Leigh
• Colombia’s Economy at a Turning Point
  • Published: June 1, 2018
• Chart of the Week: Distribution of Globalization’s Gains
  • Published: May 31, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Our Digital Future
  • Published: May 30, 2018
• Creating a Better Global Trade System
  • Published: May 29, 2018
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• The Debt Challenge to African Growth
  • Published: May 23, 2018
  • Authors: Abebe Aemro Selassie
• Words Matter: Transparency, Communication, and Monetary Policy Effectiveness in Latin America
  • Published: May 23, 2018
  • Authors: Yan Carrière-Swallow, Etibar Jafarov, Juan Yépez
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  • Published: May 22, 2018
• Chart of the Week: Greenery and Prosperity
  • Published: May 21, 2018
  • Authors: João Tovar Jalles, Prakash Loungani
• Mapping Income Polarization in the United States
  • Published: May 15, 2018
  • Authors: Ali Alichi, Rodrigo Mariscal
  • Summary: Ali Alichi e Rodrigo Mariscal
• Trust and the Future of Multilateralism
  • Published: May 10, 2018
  • Authors: David Lipton
• Malta’s Good Bet
  • Published: May 7, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• There’s a reason for the lack of trust in government and business: corruption
  • Published: May 4, 2018
• Volatility Strikes Back
  • Published: May 3, 2018
  • Authors: Sergei Antoshin, Fabio Cortes, Will Kerry, Thomas Piontek
• Technology and the Future of Work
  • Published: May 1, 2018
  • Authors: Agustin Roitman, Adrian Peralta-Alva
• Mounting Debt Threatens Sustainable Development Goals
  • Published: April 27, 2018
  • Authors: Chris Lane, Elliott Harris
• Shining a Bright Light into the Dark Corners of Weak Governance and Corruption
  • Published: April 22, 2018
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• Bringing Down High Debt
  • Published: April 18, 2018
  • Authors: Vitor Gaspar, Laura Jaramillo
• A Bumpy Road Ahead for the Global Financial System
  • Published: April 18, 2018
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian
• Global Economy: Good News for Now but Trade Tensions a Threat
  • Published: April 17, 2018
  • Authors: Maurice Obstfeld
• An Even-handed Approach to Crypto-Assets
  • Published: April 16, 2018
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• Fiscal Rules: Make them Easy to Love and Hard to Cheat
  • Published: April 13, 2018
  • Authors: Xavier Debrun, Luc Eyraud,, Andrew Hodge, Victor Lledo, Catherine Pattillo, Abdelhak Senhadji
• The Digital Gamble: New Technology Transforms Fiscal Policy
  • Published: April 12, 2018
  • Authors: Vitor Gaspar, Geneviève Verdier
• Risky Business: Reading Credit Flows for Crisis Signals
  • Published: April 10, 2018
  • Authors: Claudio Raddatz Kiefer
• For Home Prices in London, Check the Tokyo Listings
  • Published: April 10, 2018
  • Authors: Jane Dokko, Claudio Raddatz Kiefer
• A Central Fiscal Stabilization Capacity Can Benefit All Euro Area Countries
  • Published: April 9, 2018
• Wanted: Policies to Encourage and Enable Work in Advanced Economies
  • Published: April 9, 2018
  • Authors: Francesco Grigoli, Zsóka Kóczán, Petia Topalova
• The Decline in Manufacturing Jobs: Not Necessarily a Cause for Concern
  • Published: April 9, 2018
  • Authors: Bertrand Gruss, Natalija Novta
• Globalization Helps Spread Knowledge and Technology Across Borders
  • Published: April 9, 2018
  • Authors: AQIB ASLAM, Johannes Eugster, Giang Ho, Florence Jaumotte, Roberto Piazza
• Chart of the Week: Malaysia Needs More Women in the Workforce
  • Published: April 2, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Managing Debt Vulnerabilities in Low-Income and Developing Countries
  • Published: March 22, 2018
  • Authors: Tao Zhang
• The Economic Scars of Crises and Recessions
  • Published: March 21, 2018
  • Authors: Valerie Cerra, Sweta C. Saxena
• Adapting to Climate Change—Three Success Stories
  • Published: March 20, 2018
  • Authors: Evgenia Pugacheva, Mico Mrkaic
• A Framework for Currency Unions and IMF Lending
  • Published: March 16, 2018
  • Authors: Sean Hagan, Hugh Bredenkamp
• Policy Actions to Sustain Growth and Guard Against Risks
  • Published: March 15, 2018
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• Addressing the Dark Side of the Crypto World
  • Published: March 13, 2018
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• Fintech Quiz: How Much Do You Know?
  • Published: March 12, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Beware of Strike-it-Rich Euphoria: the Curse of Potential Oil Wealth
  • Published: March 9, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Welfare Versus GDP: What Makes People Better Off
  • Published: March 7, 2018
  • Authors: Geoffrey Bannister, Alexandros Mourmouras
• Ending Harassment Helps #TheEconomyToo
  • Published: March 5, 2018
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde, Corinne Deléchat, Monique Newiak
• The Struggle to Manage Debt
  • Published: March 1, 2018
  • Authors: Christoph Rosenberg
• Money Sent Home by Migrants Buffers Income Shocks
  • Published: February 28, 2018
  • Authors: Kimberly Beaton, Zsoka Koczan
• Chart of the Week: China’s Thrift, and What to Do About It
  • Published: February 26, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• A Digital-Savvy Indonesia
  • Published: February 23, 2018
  • Authors: Tidiane Kinda, Ting Yan
• Communications Can Help to Get Financial Stability Off the Ground
  • Published: February 22, 2018
  • Authors: Olga Stankova
• The Euro Area Needs a Fiscal Union
  • Published: February 21, 2018
  • Authors: Helge Berger, Giovanni Dell’Ariccia, Maurice Obstfeld
• Sub-Saharan Africa: Diversifying for Tomorrow
  • Published: February 16, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Game-Changers and Whistle-Blowers: Taxing Wealth
  • Published: February 13, 2018
  • Authors: James Brumby, Michael Keen
• Chart of the Week: Crime, Joblessness, and Youth in the Caribbean
  • Published: February 12, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• The Buzz of Populism and Its Pull on the Economy
  • Published: February 9, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Smartphones Drive New Global Tech Cycle, but Is Demand Peaking?
  • Published: February 8, 2018
  • Authors: Benjamin Carton, Joannes Mongardini, Yiqun Li
• Chart of the Week: Inequality, Your Health, and Fiscal Policy
  • Published: February 5, 2018
  • Authors: Mercedes García-Escribano, Baoping Shang, Emmanouil (Manos) Kitsios
• Countries in the IMF Financial Spotlight in 2018
  • Published: January 31, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• South Africa’s Lesetja Kganyago: Fintech Is a Central Banker’s Friend
  • Published: January 26, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018: An Economic Recovery in the Making
  • Published: January 25, 2018
  • Authors: Alejandro Werner
• A Dream Deferred: Inequality and Poverty Across Generations in Europe
  • Published: January 24, 2018
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• 5 Things You Need to Know About Inequality
  • Published: January 23, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• The Current Economic Sweet Spot Is Not the “New Normal”
  • Published: January 22, 2018
  • Authors: Maurice Obstfeld
• Response to The Guardian's Opinion Piece on Tunisia
  • Published: January 18, 2018
• Slowly but Surely, a Farewell to Fossil Fuels
  • Published: January 18, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Economic Growth and Fairness in the Middle East and North Africa
  • Published: January 18, 2018
  • Authors: Jihad Azour
• Three German Economic Challenges with European Effect
  • Published: January 17, 2018
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• No Roads? No Problem: The Leapfrogging Drones of Rwanda
  • Published: January 12, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• The Art in Artificial Intelligence: Make the Robots Serve the Public Good
  • Published: January 11, 2018
  • Authors: Brian McNeill
  • Summary: Over the past few years, artificial intelligence has rapidly matured as a viable field of technology.
• Weak Productivity: The Role of Financial Factors and Policies
  • Published: January 8, 2018
  • Authors: Romain Duval, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Fabrizio Zampolli
• Gamechanger: The Digital Payment Boom in India
  • Published: January 5, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors
• Top Ten Charts of the Week: 2017
  • Published: January 3, 2018
  • Authors: The Editors

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