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 / United Kingdom Article IV Press Conference

IMF advised UK government to continue to spend to safeguard firms and jobs in a press conference attended by Rishi Sunak, UK Chancellor, and Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director held on...

Oct 29, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / Western Hemisphere Regional Economic Outlook Press Briefing

COVID-19 has hit Latin America and the Caribbean harder than other parts of the world, both in human and economic terms, the IMF reported on Thursday (Oct.22) in Washington, DC. The IMF forecasts...

Oct 23, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / European Regional Economic Outlook Press Briefing

The IMF’s economic outlook for Europe forecasts a 7% decline in Europe's GDP in 2020 and an uneven and partial recovery from this crisis as the second wave of infection intensifies, announced...

Oct 21, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF Asia Economic Outlook

The IMF is predicting the worst economic decline in Asia in generations due to Covid-19 and warning that rising inequality could lead to social unrest in the newly released Asia Pacific Regional...

Oct 21, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF / New Economy Forum: The Great Lockdown and Jobs: Who is Shut Out?

Women and youth are facing the hardest impact from the Covid-19 crisis, but there are ways to target support directly to them officials from the IMF and Vodafone explained Tuesday (October 20th)...

Oct 20, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF / Cross-Border Payments—A Vision for the Future

Central bank digital currencies backed by digitalization and technology could replace traditional cash in cross-border payments in some economies but with proper safeguards, said the IMF in...

Oct 20, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF / Middle East and Central Asia Press Briefing

Jihad Azour, Director of Middle East and Central Asia Department, at the IMF announced the release of Middle East and Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook on Monday Oct. 19. He said that in 2020...

Oct 20, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF Global Financial Stability Report

Easing monetary and financial conditions have supported markets and investors, but a rise in leverage and debt is a risk to stability, the IMF’s Financial Counselor Tobias Adrian said Thursday...

Jun 25, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF Coronavirus – Economic Cost Difficult to Predict

The economic cost from the outbreak of coronavirus strain COVID-19 is still uncertain but countries must work together to combat it, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said Thursday in Washington, DC....

Mar 12, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS