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