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Special Drawing Rights
February 25, 2021
Questions and Answers on Special Drawing Rights (SDRs)
February 25, 2021
Blog: The Great Divergence: A Fork in the Road for the Global Economy
February 24, 2021
By Kristalina Georgieva As G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet virtually this week, the world continues to climb back from the worst recession in peacetime since the Great Depression. The IMF recently projected global GDP growth at 5.5 per cent this year and 4.2 per cent in 2022. But it is going to [...]
Blog: Divergent Recoveries in Asia: History is not Destiny
February 23, 2021
by Davide Furceri, Jonathan D. Ostry, and Anthony C.K. Tan Asian economies are performing better than expected. In the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook Update, we upgraded our growth estimate for 2020 by 0.7 percentage point from our previous forecast in October, to a contraction of 1.5 percent—in regional terms, a better outcome than other [...]
IMF Reaches a Staff-Level Agreement for the First and Second Reviews of the Extended Credit Facility and Extended Fund Facility for Ethiopia
February 23, 2021
IMF Executive Board Concludes Second and Third Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for Mali
February 22, 2021
2021 Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference
February 22, 2021
Solidarity and Cooperation: Europe’s Response to the Crisis
February 22, 2021
Kristalina Georgieva: Resilience in a New Shock-Prone World
February 19, 2021
Structural Factors and Central Bank Credibility Limit Inflation Risks
February 19, 2021
By Gita Gopinath After ending last year with unexpectedly strong vaccine success and hope that the pandemic and economic distress it caused would recede, we woke up to the reality of new virus variants and the unpredictable, winding road that it can lead the world down. Something similar has happened with the discourse on inflation. [...]