IMF Global Debate on the Economy

The global economy may be recovering, but there are significant challenges and it is not time to ease up on support, several key policy-makers said at the Spring Meetings of the IMF in Washington,...

Apr 08, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-FEATURES-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / Kristalina Georgieva and John Kerry on Climate Change

As the world emerges from COVID-19, there is renewed impetus to tackle climate change. Ahead of COP26, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva joined U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate...

Apr 07, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / Fiscal Monitor Report Press Briefing Summary

The IMF released today (Wednesday, April 7th) the latest update of its Fiscal Monitor report which stated that in the first year of COVID-19, fiscal policy has reacted quickly and forcefully to...

Apr 07, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / Averting a COVID-19 Debt Trap

High-income countries may emerge from the COVID-19 crisis with very little scarring, while the developing countries’ economic outlook, particularly the poor of them, looks much worse. That’s what...

Apr 06, 2021 - FEATURES-NEWS

IMF World Economic Outlook

Global growth is getting an upgrade, but prospects for recovery are still highly uncertain due to the race between rolling out vaccines and mutations to COVID-19 the IMF says in its latest...

Apr 06, 2021 - FEATURES-NEWS

IMF Womenomics Yellen Covid

Women face an undue share of the negative economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis, but the Biden Administration is hoping a massive stimulus package can help ease the burden on Americans, US...

Mar 08, 2021 - NEWS

IMF / 9th African Fiscal Forum

Participants at the ninth African Fiscal Forum discussed today (Tuesday, March 2nd) how Sub-Saharan African countries continue to grapple with an unprecedented health and economic crisis, and how...

Mar 02, 2021 - NEWS

IMF / Fiscal Monitor January 2021 Forecast

Government spending support of $14 trillion has contributed to saving lives and livelihoods and has mitigated the effects of the pandemic on consumption and output, the IMF said in its Fiscal...

Jan 28, 2021 - NEWS

IMF / Global Financial Stability Report January 2021 Release

The IMF said the approval and rollout of vaccines has boosted expectations of a global recovery and lifted risk asset prices, despite rising COVID-19 cases and persistent uncertainties surrounding...

Jan 27, 2021 - NEWS

IMF World Economic Outlook Update

Global growth is getting an upgrade, but prospects for recovery are still highly uncertain due to the race between rolling out vaccines and mutations to COVID-19 the IMF says in its latest...

Jan 26, 2021 - FEATURES-NEWS