Archive 2019

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• Top 10 Charts of the Week for 2019
  • Published: December 30, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Top 10 Blogs of 2019
  • Published: December 23, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Striking the Right Balance Between Sustainable Development and Sustainable Debt
  • Published: December 19, 2019
  • Authors: Kristalina Georgieva
• 2019 in Review: The Global Economy Explained in 5 Charts
  • Published: December 18, 2019
  • Authors: Gita Gopinath, Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, Malhar Nabar
  • Summary: Global growth this year recorded its weakest pace since the global financial crisis a decade ago, reflecting common influences across countries and country-specific factors.
• New Data on World Debt: A Dive into Country Numbers
  • Published: December 17, 2019
  • Authors: Marialuz Moreno Badia, Paolo Dudine
• The Power of Text: How News Sentiment Influences Financial Markets
  • Published: December 16, 2019
  • Authors: Damien Puy
• Central Bank Digital Currencies: 4 Questions and Answers
  • Published: December 12, 2019
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli
• Top 6 Blogs on Climate Change
  • Published: December 11, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Global Carbon Emissions Are on the Rise Again
  • Published: December 5, 2019
  • Authors: Christian Bogmans, Akito Matsumoto, Andrea Pescatori
• The Adaptive Age
  • Published: December 2, 2019
  • Authors: Kristalina Georgieva
• A New Climate Economy
  • Published: November 26, 2019
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• Central Bank Accountability, Independence, and Transparency
  • Published: November 25, 2019
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Ashraf Khan
  • Summary: In August 1694, the Bank of England opened for business with a staff of 19. The original Royal Charter, granted by King William and Queen Mary, tasked the Bank to “promote the public Good and Benefit of our People.”
• For Venezuela’s Neighbors, Mass Migration Brings Economic Costs and Benefits
  • Published: November 21, 2019
  • Authors: Emilio Fernandez Corugedo, Jaime Guajardo
• Frontier Market Borrowing Binge
  • Published: November 18, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• All the Way to the Top: Industrial Policy, Innovation, and Sustained Growth
  • Published: November 13, 2019
  • Authors: Reda Cherif, Fuad Hasanov
• Gráfico da semana: A ameaça da desigualdade de oportunidades
  • Published: November 12, 2019
• Europe’s Wage-Price Puzzle
  • Published: November 11, 2019
  • Authors: Richard Varghese
• The Threat of Inequality of Opportunity
  • Published: November 7, 2019
  • Authors: Shekhar Aiyar, Christian Ebeke
• A Map of Inequality in Countries
  • Published: November 6, 2019
  • Authors: William Gbohoui, Raphael Lam, Victor Lledo
• The Global Informal Economy: Large but On The Decline
  • Published: October 30, 2019
  • Authors: Thomas F. Alexander
• Reform Doesn’t Have to Cost Votes
  • Published: October 18, 2019
  • Authors: Davide Furceri, Jonathan D. Ostry, Chris Papageorgiou
• Lower for Longer: Rising Vulnerabilities May Put Growth at Risk
  • Published: October 16, 2019
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Fabio Natalucci
• The Economic Cost of Devaluing “Women’s Work”
  • Published: October 15, 2019
  • Authors: Kristalina Georgieva, Cristian Alonso, Era Dabla-Norris, Kalpana Kochhar
• The World Economy: Synchronized Slowdown, Precarious Outlook
  • Published: October 15, 2019
  • Authors: Gita Gopinath
• The World Economy: Synchronized Slowdown, Precarious Outlook
  • Published: October 14, 2019
• Global Banks May Grow More Vulnerable to a Dollar Disruption
  • Published: October 11, 2019
  • Authors: Claudio Raddatz Kiefer, Adolfo Barajas
• Connecting the Dots Between Sustainable Finance and Financial Stability
  • Published: October 10, 2019
  • Authors: Evan Papageorgiou, Felix Suntheim
• Widening Gaps: Regional Inequality within Advanced Economies
  • Published: October 9, 2019
  • Authors: John Bluedorn, Weicheng Lian, Natalija Novta, Yannick Timmer
• How To Reignite Growth in Emerging Market and Developing Economies
  • Published: October 9, 2019
  • Authors: Romain Duval, Davide Furceri
• Fiscal Policies to Curb Climate Change
  • Published: October 8, 2019
  • Authors: Vitor Gaspar, Paolo Mauro, Ian Parry, Catherine Pattillo
• To Tackle Housing Affordability in Canada, Build More Houses
  • Published: October 2, 2019
  • Authors: Michal Andrle, Cheng Hoon Lim, Troy Matheson
• Mobile Money Spreads to Asia
  • Published: September 30, 2019
  • Authors: Esha Chhabra, Bidisha Das
• From Stablecoins to Central Bank Digital Currencies
  • Published: September 26, 2019
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli
  • Summary: As privately issued stablecoins continue to encroach on more traditional forms of money—like cash and bank deposits—policymakers will not simply look on from the sidelines.
• When the Night Lights Go On in Asia
  • Published: September 24, 2019
  • Authors: Jiaxiong Yao
• The Economics of Data
  • Published: September 23, 2019
  • Authors: Yan Carrière-Swallow, Vikram Haksar
  • Summary: Look around the global economy and you’ll see an American company developing the next generation of driverless cars, a Chinese financier extending loans to “mom-and-pop” stores that used to lack access to credit, and researchers at a Swiss pharmaceutical company developing a treatment for a chronic health condition.
• Digital Currencies: The Rise of Stablecoins
  • Published: September 19, 2019
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli
• Voting on Gender Parity
  • Published: September 17, 2019
  • Authors: Rasmane Ouedraogo
  • Summary: Electoral violence occurs in many African countries. Tragically, thousands are killed and displaced during election cycles on the continent.
• A Capital Market Union for Europe: Why It’s Needed and How to Get There
  • Published: September 10, 2019
  • Authors: Ashok Vir Bhatia, Srobona Mitra, Anke Weber
• New Index Tracks Trade Uncertainty Across the Globe
  • Published: September 9, 2019
  • Authors: Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom, Davide Furceri
• Back to School Blogs
  • Published: September 5, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• A Role for Financial and Monetary Policies in Climate Change Mitigation
  • Published: September 4, 2019
  • Authors: William Oman
• Illuminating Dark Corners of the Global Economy
  • Published: September 3, 2019
• Top 5 Charts of Summer
  • Published: August 29, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Monitoring Global Financial Stability
  • Published: August 26, 2019
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Dong He, Nellie Liang, Fabio Natalucci
• Fintech, Fiber-optics, and Financial Inclusion
  • Published: August 22, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Taming the Currency Hype
  • Published: August 21, 2019
  • Authors: Gustavo Adler, Luis Cubeddu,, Gita Gopinath
• Fuel for Thought: Ditch the Subsidies
  • Published: August 14, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• US Business Investment: Rising Market Power Mutes Tax Cut Impact
  • Published: August 8, 2019
  • Authors: Emanuel Kopp, Daniel Leigh, Suchanan Tambunlertchai
• Canada’s Housing Market Slowdown
  • Published: August 7, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• blog Six Charts on Boosting Growth in Brazil
  • Published: August 6, 2019
• Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean A Stalling Recovery
  • Published: July 29, 2019
  • Authors: Alejandro Werner
• US$100 Bill on the Rise
  • Published: July 25, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Sluggish Global Growth Calls for Supportive Policies
  • Published: July 23, 2019
  • Authors: Gita Gopinath
• Rebalancing the Global Economy: Some Progress but Challenges Ahead
  • Published: July 17, 2019
  • Authors: Gita Gopinath
• Corporate Tax Rates: How Low Can You Go
  • Published: July 15, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• blog columbia
  • Published: July 11, 2019
• Trade Balances Mostly Driven by Economic Forces, Not Tariffs
  • Published: July 10, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Implementing the IMF-supported programme
  • Published: July 5, 2019
  • Authors: Jihad Azour
• Tariff Shocks: The Role of Value Chains in Europe
  • Published: July 3, 2019
  • Authors: Raju Huidrom, Carlos Mulas-Granados, Laura Papi, Emil Stavrev
• The Slope of the US Yield Curve and Risks to Growth
  • Published: July 2, 2019
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Rohit Goel, Fabio Natalucci
• The Price of Capital Goods and the Threat to Investment
  • Published: July 1, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Five Facts on Fintech
  • Published: June 27, 2019
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu
  • Summary: From artificial intelligence to mobile applications, technology helps to increase your access to secure and efficient financial products and services.
• When Disaster Strikes: Preparing for Climate Change
  • Published: June 26, 2019
  • Authors: Seán Nolan, Krishna Srinivasan
• Growing Through Education in Nigeria
  • Published: June 24, 2019
  • Authors: Vivian Malta, Monique Newiak
• Mapping the World’s Financial Weak Spots
  • Published: June 20, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• China Deepens Global Finance Links as It Joins Benchmark Indexes
  • Published: June 19, 2019
  • Authors: Sally Chen, Dimitris Drakopoulos, Rohit Goel
• A Global Picture of Public Wealth
  • Published: June 18, 2019
  • Authors: Jason Harris, Abdelhak Senhadji
• State Ownership in Europe’s Former Socialist States: The Unfinished Reform Agenda
  • Published: June 18, 2019
  • Authors: Poul Thomsen
• Making the Euro Area More Resilient Before the Next Recession Hits
  • Published: June 17, 2019
  • Authors: Shekhar Aiyar, John Bluedorn, Romain Duval
• Euro area structural reforms
  • Published: June 14, 2019
• To Reduce Inequality, Employ Young People
  • Published: June 13, 2019
  • Authors: Burcu Hacibedel, Priscilla Muthoora
• blog-big-business-how-more-mexican-firms-can-benefit-from-scaling-up
  • Published: June 12, 2019
• Keeping the Wheels of Commerce Turning
  • Published: June 10, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• The Rise of Powerful Companies
  • Published: June 6, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• How to Help, Not Hinder Global Growth
  • Published: June 5, 2019
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• Keynes, the IMF, and the Future
  • Published: May 30, 2019
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• Corruption and Your Money
  • Published: May 28, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• The Impact of US-China Trade Tensions
  • Published: May 23, 2019
  • Authors: Eugenio Cerutti, Gita Gopinath, Adil Mohommad
• Communications as a Policy Tool
  • Published: May 22, 2019
  • Authors: Gerry Rice, Olga Stankova
• Designing Labor Policies to Foster Inclusive Growth in Emerging Markets
  • Published: May 21, 2019
  • Authors: Romain Duval, Prakash Loungani
• A Review of IMF-Supported Lending Programs
  • Published: May 20, 2019
  • Authors: Petya Koeva Brooks, Martin Mühleisen, Chad Steinberg
• House Prices Are Up: Should We Be Happy?
  • Published: May 16, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Tackling Income Inequality Requires New Policies
  • Published: May 15, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• blog panama
  • Published: May 9, 2019
• Fintech Can Cut Costs of Remittances to Latin America
  • Published: May 7, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Getting Real on Meeting Paris Climate Change Commitments
  • Published: May 3, 2019
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde, Vitor Gaspar
• Bank Profitability: Consider the Source
  • Published: April 30, 2019
  • Authors: Udaibir S. Das, Kun Hu, TengTeng Xu
• Falling Costs Make Wind, Solar More Affordable
  • Published: April 26, 2019
  • Authors: Christian Bogmans
• Every Day is Earth Day
  • Published: April 24, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Expanding Trade Across The Maghreb
  • Published: April 23, 2019
  • Authors: Ramzy Al Amine, Jean-François Dauphin, Alexei Kireyev
• Financing for Sustainable Development: Tackling Big Challenges
  • Published: April 18, 2019
  • Authors: Chris Lane
• The IMF 30 Years After Brady
  • Published: April 11, 2019
  • Authors: Rhoda Weeks-Brown, Martin Mühleisen
• High Debt Hampers Countries’ Response to a Fast-Changing Global Economy
  • Published: April 10, 2019
  • Authors: Vitor Gaspar, John Ralyea, Elif Ture
• Weak Spots in Global Financial System Could Amplify Shocks
  • Published: April 10, 2019
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Fabio Natalucci
• Weak spots in global financial system could amplify shocks
  • Published: April 9, 2019
• The Global Economy: A Delicate Moment
  • Published: April 9, 2019
  • Authors: Gita Gopinath
• Tackling Corruption in Government
  • Published: April 4, 2019
  • Authors: Vitor Gaspar, Paolo Mauro, Paulo Medas
• Assessing the Risk of the Next Housing Bust
  • Published: April 4, 2019
  • Authors: Claudio Raddatz Kiefer, Nico Valckx
• How to Keep Corporate Power in Check
  • Published: April 3, 2019
  • Authors: Federico Díez, Romain Duval
• Why Investment May Come Under Threat
  • Published: April 3, 2019
  • Authors: Weicheng Lian, Natalija Novta, Petia Topalova
• Economic Forces, Not Tariffs, Drive Changes in Trade Balances
  • Published: April 3, 2019
  • Authors: Johannes Eugster, Florence Jaumotte, Margaux MacDonald, Roberto Piazza
• Quiz About the IMF
  • Published: March 28, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Young and Disconnected from Work
  • Published: March 26, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Corporate Taxation in the Global Economy
  • Published: March 25, 2019
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• The Challenge of Moderate Commodity Prices in Latin America
  • Published: March 25, 2019
  • Authors: Christian Bogmans
• blog-lac
  • Published: March 22, 2019
• Trade’s Impact on Brazil’s Industries
  • Published: March 18, 2019
  • Authors: Antonio Spilimbergo
• A Global Imperative
  • Published: March 8, 2019
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
  • Summary: March 8 marks International Women’s Day, which provides a chance to reflect on the struggle for greater gender equality. The roots of this annual event reach back more than a century, yet its focus on respect and opportunities for women remains strikingly relevant today—from sexual harassment and violence to unequal laws and unfairness in the workplace, where women are too often underemployed, underpaid, and underpromoted.
• blog-chile
  • Published: March 6, 2019
• Do the Math: Include Women in Government Budgets
  • Published: March 6, 2019
  • Authors: Lisa Kolovich
• Equality for All
  • Published: February 28, 2019
• Don’t Worry, Be Happy
  • Published: February 22, 2019
  • Authors: Sriram Balasubramanian, Paul Cashin
• Don’t Worry, Be Happy
  • Published: February 20, 2019
  • Authors: Sriram Balasubramanian, Paul Cashin
• Fintech in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Potential Game Changer
  • Published: February 14, 2019
• Let Bank Supervisors Do Their Jobs
  • Published: February 13, 2019
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Aditya Narain
• blog-bank-supervision
  • Published: February 12, 2019
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Aditya Narain
• China’s Digital Dividend
  • Published: February 6, 2019
  • Authors: Longmei Zhang, Sally Chen
• Cashing In: How to Make Negative Interest Rates Work
  • Published: February 5, 2019
  • Authors: Ruchir Agarwal, Signe Krogstrup
• Mind the Gap in SDG Financing
  • Published: January 31, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019: A Moderate Expansion
  • Published: January 25, 2019
  • Authors: Alejandro Werner
• Unlimited Opportunities: Creating More Jobs for Young People in Emerging Market and Developing Economies
  • Published: January 22, 2019
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde, John Bluedorn
• A Weakening Global Expansion Amid Growing Risks
  • Published: January 21, 2019
  • Authors: Gita Gopinath
• Three Steps to Avert a Debt Crisis
  • Published: January 18, 2019
  • Authors: Martin Mühleisen, Mark Flanagan
• Building Defenses Against the Next Economic Downturn
  • Published: January 17, 2019
  • Authors: David Lipton
• Countries in the IMF Financial Spotlight in 2019
  • Published: January 16, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• How Much Should You Save for Retirement?
  • Published: January 16, 2019
  • Authors: David Amaglobeli, Era Dabla-Norris, Vitor Gaspar
• Chart of the Week: Japan Grows Older
  • Published: January 14, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Top 10 Charts of the Week for 2018
  • Published: January 7, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• New Data on Global Debt
  • Published: January 2, 2019
  • Authors: Samba Mbaye, Marialuz Moreno Badia

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