Jeff Kearns

Jeff Kearns is a senior communications officer in the IMF policy communications division and managing editor of IMF Blog. He joined the Fund from Bloomberg News, where he was an economics editor in Beijing and Washington, a Federal Reserve reporter in Washington, and a US stock market reporter in New York. He also has covered state and local politics and government for California newspapers in Sacramento and San Jose. Jeff was born in Seattle and holds an English degree from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and master's in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley.

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• Top 10 Blogs of 2025
  • Published: December 29, 2025
  • Authors: Jeff Kearns
  • Summary: Debt, Stablecoins, AI, and Global Economy’s New Era Drew Blog Readers
• Artificial Intelligence, Dollar, Growth, and Debt Drove 2024 Blog Readership
  • Published: December 30, 2024
  • Authors: Jeff Kearns
  • Summary: Complex global economic challenges, and the careful policy responses that the world needs to foster sustainable growth and financial stability, were the most popular
• Top 10 Blogs of 2023 Unpack Global Economy, Inflation, Debt, Trade and Asia
  • Published: December 27, 2023
  • Authors: Jeff Kearns
  • Summary: Prospects for growth, prices and interest rates enjoyed the greatest reader interest, followed by fossil fuel subsidies and the implications of geoeconomic fragmentation
• Global Food Crisis May Persist, With Prices Still Elevated After Year of War
  • Published: March 9, 2023
  • Authors: Jeff Kearns
  • Summary: International organizations repeat joint call for rapid action on food and nutrition security
• Top 10 Blogs of 2022 Chronicle Onslaught of War, Inflation, Dollar Surge
  • Published: December 29, 2022
  • Authors: Jeff Kearns
  • Summary: Readers focus on war’s impact on the world, the repercussions of a strong dollar, and what policies can help revive economic growth
• From War and Inflation to Food and Cargo, Charts Chronicle Volatile Year
  • Published: August 30, 2022
  • Authors: Andrew Stanley, Jeff Kearns
  • Summary: An overview of the top 10 Chart of the Week blogs in 2022
• New Economics Books Tackle China, Wheat, Equality, and the Dollar
  • Published: August 25, 2022
  • Authors: Jeff Kearns
  • Summary: Amid war and inflation, debt and fragmentation, now may be a better time than ever to step back and consider the bigger and more enduring questions of lives and livelihoods.
• War-Fueled Surge in Food Prices to Hit Poorer Nations Hardest
  • Published: March 16, 2022
  • Authors: Christian Bogmans, Jeff Kearns, Andrea Pescatori, Ervin Prifti

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