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22 Apr 20
In 1948, the US passed an initiative that sent more than $12bn (the equivalent of about $128bn today) to Western Europe to recover from the Second World War. Dag Detter argues the world will need...
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21 Apr 20
IMF support is “like blood for the human body” during the coronavirus pandemic, the president of Ukraine has said as his country prepares to deal with the economic fallout of the crisis.
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21 Apr 20
Quality information from accruals accounting will be vital for governments when navigating the post-coronavirus recovery, argues Professor Ian Ball from Victoria University of Wellington.
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14 Apr 20
The IMF has wiped six months of debt repayments for 25 of the world’s poorest countries, to give them space to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
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7 Apr 20
Nigeria has asked for nearly $7bn from multilateral lenders to help it fight the impact of the coronavirus pandemic after its economy was hit by falling oil prices.
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27 Mar 20
The IMF has approved its first emergency loan to help a member country address the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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17 Mar 20
While quarantining and social distancing is the right prescription to combat COVID-19’s public health impact, the exact opposite is needed when it comes to securing the global economy, writes IMF...
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13 Mar 20
Sudan faces “daunting” challenges to its economy as the government tries to reform the country after decades under a dictatorship, the IMF has warned.
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9 Mar 20
The IMF’s Vitor Gaspar and Paolo Mauro outline how governments should respond to the outbreak in order to stop the worst economic effects.
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2 Mar 20
The IMF has secured enough money to wipe $334m of Somalia’s debt, bringing the beleaguered east African country one step closer to wholesale debt relief.
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25 Feb 20
The coronavirus epidemic is having a noticeable impact on the global economy, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva has warned.
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20 Feb 20
As the Group of Twenty industrialized and emerging market economies (G20) finance ministers and central bank governors gather in Riyadh this week, they face an uncertain economic landscape, writes...
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11 Feb 20
Japan’s population is ageing and shrinking so quickly that there will be almost one elderly person for each working-age person by 2060, an assessment by the International Monetary Fund has found.
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9 Jan 20
Burdensome debts are forcing poor countries to cut public spending - a situation campaigners have described as a “recipe for disaster”.
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8 Jan 20
Progressive taxation is one of several measures that could help reduce the inequality that has become entrenched in society worldwide, argues IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva.
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13 Dec 19
Australia needs to push through fiscal reforms as its economic growth is not as strong as it could be, the IMF has said.
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9 Dec 19
The managing director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva has hailed Ukraine’s “impressive” economic progress and approved a $5.5bn loan over three years.
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6 Dec 19
Pakistan has been given an emergency $1bn loan to help shore up its public finances and provide support to a slowing economy.
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28 Nov 19
Albania faces a struggle to improve its living standards because of poor infrastructure and weak institutions, according to the IMF.
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26 Nov 19
The sixth consecutive year of sluggish economic growth in South Africa has led IMF economists to call for “decisive” reform.
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25 Nov 19
Japan must “reinvigorate” its growth-boosting policies in the face of demographic changes and global economic uncertainties, the head of the IMF has said.
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21 Nov 19
Finland faces a challenge to balance its books as the government presses on with policies aimed at making society fairer, according to IMF economists.
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18 Nov 19
North Macedonia, which hopes to join the European Union, still has a large income gap with the EU, the IMF said.
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11 Nov 19
Iceland’s “fragile” economy is too concentrated in particular industries and, although policies have softened the blow of an ongoing slowdown, there are still risks ahead, according to the IMF.
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8 Nov 19
Jamaica’s economy has been strengthened by a six-year IMF reform programme, which finished this week, the fund has announced.
22 Apr 20In 1948, the US passed an initiative that sent more than $12bn (the equivalent of about $128bn today) to Western Europe to recover from the Second World War. Dag Detter argues the world will need...
21 Apr 20IMF support is “like blood for the human body” during the coronavirus pandemic, the president of Ukraine has said as his country prepares to deal with the economic fallout of the crisis.
21 Apr 20Quality information from accruals accounting will be vital for governments when navigating the post-coronavirus recovery, argues Professor Ian Ball from Victoria University of Wellington.
14 Apr 20The IMF has wiped six months of debt repayments for 25 of the world’s poorest countries, to give them space to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
7 Apr 20Nigeria has asked for nearly $7bn from multilateral lenders to help it fight the impact of the coronavirus pandemic after its economy was hit by falling oil prices.
27 Mar 20The IMF has approved its first emergency loan to help a member country address the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
17 Mar 20While quarantining and social distancing is the right prescription to combat COVID-19’s public health impact, the exact opposite is needed when it comes to securing the global economy, writes IMF...
13 Mar 20Sudan faces “daunting” challenges to its economy as the government tries to reform the country after decades under a dictatorship, the IMF has warned.
9 Mar 20The IMF’s Vitor Gaspar and Paolo Mauro outline how governments should respond to the outbreak in order to stop the worst economic effects.
2 Mar 20The IMF has secured enough money to wipe $334m of Somalia’s debt, bringing the beleaguered east African country one step closer to wholesale debt relief.
25 Feb 20The coronavirus epidemic is having a noticeable impact on the global economy, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva has warned.
11 Feb 20Japan’s population is ageing and shrinking so quickly that there will be almost one elderly person for each working-age person by 2060, an assessment by the International Monetary Fund has found.
13 Dec 19Australia needs to push through fiscal reforms as its economic growth is not as strong as it could be, the IMF has said.
6 Dec 19Pakistan has been given an emergency $1bn loan to help shore up its public finances and provide support to a slowing economy.
28 Nov 19Albania faces a struggle to improve its living standards because of poor infrastructure and weak institutions, according to the IMF.
26 Nov 19The sixth consecutive year of sluggish economic growth in South Africa has led IMF economists to call for “decisive” reform.
25 Nov 19Japan must “reinvigorate” its growth-boosting policies in the face of demographic changes and global economic uncertainties, the head of the IMF has said.
21 Nov 19Finland faces a challenge to balance its books as the government presses on with policies aimed at making society fairer, according to IMF economists.
18 Nov 19North Macedonia, which hopes to join the European Union, still has a large income gap with the EU, the IMF said.
11 Nov 19Iceland’s “fragile” economy is too concentrated in particular industries and, although policies have softened the blow of an ongoing slowdown, there are still risks ahead, according to the IMF.
8 Nov 19Jamaica’s economy has been strengthened by a six-year IMF reform programme, which finished this week, the fund has announced.
