## Back-to-School Blogs

_IMF Blog, September 4, 2014_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: September 4, 2014

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### Overview
- Publication date: September 4, 2014
- Theme: A curated re-read of IMF blogs to catch readers up after the holiday period.

### Key topics highlighted
- Europe and inflation
  - The European Central Bank is described as "center stage" as inflation in Europe has hit a trough.
  - Reference to a previous IMF blog about deflation published "back in March".
- Global interest rates
  - Discussion framed around "what will or won’t happen with global interest rates" and their broad impact.
- Emerging and frontier financial markets
  - Suggestion to re-examine "who owns emerging market debt" in light of new rumblings in emerging market economies.
- China
  - Emphasis that "the size of China’s economy has a huge impact on many countries."
- Low-income countries
  - Observation that "growth in low-income countries is on the move in ways you might not have expected."
- Inequality and growth
  - The pieces are linked to efforts to "better understand the links between rising inequality and economic growth."

### Forward-looking signals and upcoming content
- Promise of continued blog coverage, including material tied to IMF flagship publications and events:
  - Next issues of the World Economic Outlook
  - Global Financial Stability Report
  - Fiscal Monitor
  - Coverage of "all the action from the IMF’s Annual Meetings in October"

*Source: Back-to-School Blogs (September 4, 2014).*

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## References

- [blog about deflation](http://blogs.imf.org/2014/03/04/euro-area-deflation-versus-lowflation/)
- [global interest rates](http://blogs.imf.org/2014/07/29/should-we-worry-about-higher-interest-rates/)
- [who owns emerging market debt](http://blogs.imf.org/2014/03/05/the-trillion-dollar-question-who-owns-emerging-market-government-debt/)
- [size of China’s economy](http://blogs.imf.org/2014/03/26/china-size-matters/)
- [growth in low-income countries](http://blogs.imf.org/2014/05/28/how-low-income-countries-can-diversify-and-grow/)
- [inequality](http://blogs.imf.org/2014/02/26/treating-inequality-with-redistribution-is-the-cure-worse-than-the-disease/)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2014/09/04/back-to-school-blogs_