IMF / Fiscal Monitor October 2021 Press Briefing

Vitor Gaspar, Director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department sounded the alarm on three issues: the great vaccine divide, the great finance divide, and climate change in the Fiscal Monitor...

Oct 13, 2021 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF / Fiscal Monitor October 2021 Forecast

The pandemic has led to an unprecedented increase in debt—issued by governments, nonfinancial corporations, and households the IMF estimated in the latest Fiscal Monitor report. In 2020 global...

Oct 13, 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 / Fiscal Monitor Report April 2021 Forecast

Unprecedented fiscal support by governments during the pandemic has prevented more severe economic contractions and larger job losses, but risks remain of long-term scarring the International...

Apr 07, 2021 - FEATURES-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 / FISCAL MONITOR PRESS CONFERENCE

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) stressed the importance of not pulling the plug of fiscal support used to fight the COVID-19 pandemic to limit long term scarring. The Fund’s Director of the...

Oct 14, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF / FISCAL MONITOR

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is cautioning that widening deficits and sharply falling economic activity has caused public debt to hit record levels in the Covid-19 crisis. Public debt has...

Oct 14, 2020 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF Fiscal Monitor

IMF: Sharper increase in budget deficits and debts than during financial crisis The IMF is projecting a large-scale increase in debt all around the world because of the Covid-19 pandemic....

Apr 15, 2020 - NEWS-PRESS BRIEFINGS

IMF Fiscal Monitor Presser

The IMF is warning that a ‘synchronized downturn’ in global growth may mean countries need to be prepared for coordinated action, the Fund’s Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department, Vitor Gaspar...

Oct 16, 2019 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS

IMF Fiscal Monitor Carbon Tax

The IMF is warning that a ‘synchronized downturn’ in global growth may mean countries need to be prepared for coordinated action, the Fund’s Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department, Vitor Gaspar...

Oct 16, 2019 - ANNUAL & SPRING MEETINGS-NEWS