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• Financial Market Reforms Could Lift Europe's Growth
  • Published: July 14, 2026
  • Authors: Luis Brandão-Marques; Damien Capelle; Diego Cerdeiro; Rui C. Mano
  • Summary: Integrating and deepening banking and venture capital markets would boost output by at least 3 percent, and make business dynamism reforms more powerful
• Developing Countries Feel Squeeze From Lower Natural Resource Revenue, Falling Foreign Aid
  • Published: May 4, 2026
  • Authors: Mario Mansour; Fayçal Sawadogo
  • Summary: Fiscal pressures in developing countries make stronger domestic revenue systems more important than ever
• Global Disruptions Are Testing How the World Moves Goods and People
  • Published: April 29, 2026
  • Authors: IMF Blog Editors
  • Summary: Shipping and flight disruptions highlight new fault lines in the global economy and their costs for growth and livelihoods
• How the Middle East War Has Affected Oil Exporters and Importers
  • Published: April 22, 2026
  • Authors: Carlos Guevara; Andrew Mayeda; Ken Nakagawa; Andrew Stanley
  • Summary: Countries face vastly different exposure to higher oil prices and supply uncertainty, shaped by whether they import or export, and how much policy space they have to respond
• Europe Can Regain Its Productivity Edge by Scaling Up
  • Published: March 12, 2026
  • Authors: Diego Cerdeiro; Stephan Danninger; Morgan Maneely
  • Summary: Capital markets integration, expanding opportunities for workers, and bigger consumer markets will allow companies to grow faster
• Even as Global Uncertainty Surges, Economic Sentiment Remains Positive
  • Published: November 10, 2025
  • Authors: Hites Ahir; Nicholas Bloom; Davide Furceri
  • Summary: Amid rising geopolitical rifts and trade tensions, global economic uncertainty has surged, yet sentiment about economic prospects remains positive
• Dollar’s Share of Reserves Held Steady in Second Quarter When Adjusted for FX Moves
  • Published: October 1, 2025
  • Authors: Glen Kwende; Erin Nephew; Carlos Sánchez-Muñoz
  • Summary: Exchange-rate effects drove nearly all the decline in the US currency’s share of foreign exchange reserves