{ "title": "iMFdirect--Must Reads on Global Finance and Budgets", "publication": "IMF Blog, January 3, 2011", "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2011/01/03/imfdirect-must-reads-on-global-finance-and-budgets", "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2011/01/03/imfdirect-must-reads-on-global-finance-and-budgets", "overlayPath": "/en/blogs/articles/2011/01/03/imfdirect-must-reads-on-global-finance-and-budgets/index.md", "summary": "Publication date: January 3, 2011", "sections": [ { "heading": "Overview", "content": "- Publication date: January 3, 2011\n- Theme: Financial sector stability; a quick review of 2010’s hot topics in the global economy.\n- Purpose: iMF Direct Blog's curated list of must read posts covering the highs and lows of global finance and government budgets and spending." }, { "heading": "Must-read posts (curated list)", "content": "- The Ten Commandments for advanced economies to keep the economic recovery on track\n- The financial world remains the Achilles Heel of the global economic recovery\n- We explain the right mix of ingredients for countries to provide sufficient support to economic activity, and reassure markets in How to Bake a Fiscal Pie\n- Fixing the financial sector - Just Do It\n- Stable prices and financial stability go hand in hand, or do they? A Marriage Made in Heaven or Hell\n- What Must Be Done – the top five reforms to the financial system\n- When it comes to supervising the financial rules of the global economy, It’s Hip to Be Square\n- Watch This Fiscal Space to figure out how much room to maneuver governments have when it comes to controlling debt and deficits\n- Financial markets and regulators need to break their Credit Rating Addiction\n- The global financial tornado means We’re Not in Kansas Anymore, but what will the future financial system look like?" }, { "heading": "Key themes and takeaways", "content": "- Emphasis on financial sector stability as central to the global economic recovery.\n- Fiscal policy design: guidance on the “right mix of ingredients” to support activity while reassuring markets.\n- Banking and regulatory reform: multiple posts advocating concrete reforms and stronger supervision.\n- Fiscal space analysis: assessing how much room governments have to control debt and deficits.\n- Concerns about market practices: critique of overreliance on credit ratings.\n- Forward-looking framing: exploring the shape of the future financial system after the global financial tornado.\n\nSource: iMFdirect--Must Reads on Global Finance and Budgets (January 3, 2011)\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Ten Commandments\n- Achilles Heel\n- How to Bake a Fiscal Pie\n- A Marriage Made in Heaven or Hell\n- What Must Be Done\n- It’s Hip to Be Square\n- Watch This Fiscal Space\n- Credit Rating Addiction\n- We’re Not in Kansas Anymore\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2011/01/03/imfdirect-must-reads-on-global-finance-and-budgets" } ], "bullets": [ "[Markdown version](/en/blogs/articles/2011/01/03/imfdirect-must-reads-on-global-finance-and-budgets/index.md)", "[Structured JSON version](/en/blogs/articles/2011/01/03/imfdirect-must-reads-on-global-finance-and-budgets/index.json)", "[Bundle manifest](/en/blogs/articles/2011/01/03/imfdirect-must-reads-on-global-finance-and-budgets/bundle-manifest.json)", "Published: January 3, 2011", "Publication date: January 3, 2011", "Theme: Financial sector stability; a quick review of 2010’s hot topics in the global economy.", "Purpose: iMF Direct Blog's curated list of must read posts covering the highs and lows of global finance and government budgets and spending.", "The Ten Commandments for advanced economies to keep the economic recovery on track", "The financial world remains the Achilles Heel of the global economic recovery", "We explain the right mix of ingredients for countries to provide sufficient support to economic activity, and reassure markets in How to Bake a Fiscal Pie", "Fixing the financial sector - Just Do It", "Stable prices and financial stability go hand in hand, or do they? 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