IMF Summaries and Reviews
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Five Things to Know About Carbon Pricing
Carbon pricing shows serious promise as a tool in the fight against climate change
IMF, 2021
Global Clout, Domestic Fragility
China’s long-term success will depend primarily on addressing its internal challenges
IMF, 2021
The Long Economic Hangover of Pandemics
History shows COVID-19’s economic fallout may be with us for decades
IMF, 2020
Fifty Shades of Green
The world needs a new, sustainable financial system to stop runaway climate change
IMF, 2019
Tackling Tax Havens
The billions attracted by tax havens do harm to sending and receiving nations alike
IMF, 2019
The Art of Money Laundering
The loosely regulated art market is rife with opportunities for washing illicit cash
IMF, 2019
Building Taller Ladders
Technology and Science Reinforce Each Other to Take the Global Economy Ever Higher
IMF, 2018
Climbing Out of Debt
A new study offers more evidence that cutting spending is less harmful to growth than raising taxes
IMF, 2018
Booms, Crises, and Recoveries
A New Paradigm of the Business Cycle and Its Policy Implications
IMF, 2017
A Short History of Crypto Euphoria
An eminent economist’s taxonomy of bubbles is applied to the latest financial fad
IMF, 2018
False Profits
Avoidance by multinationals and competition between governments are forcing a rethink of the international tax system
IMF, 2017
The Presource Curse
Oil discoveries can lead first to jubilation then to economic jeopardy
IMF, 2017
Capital Slowdown
Investment growth in emerging market and developing economies has been sluggish since 2010
IMF, 2017
World Economic Outlook Update, January 2018
Brighter Prospects, Optimistic Markets, Challenges Ahead
IMF, 2018
Making Trade an Engine of Growth for All
The Case for Trade and for Policies to Facilitate Adjustment
IMF, 2017
Macroeconomic Management When Policy Space Is Constrained
A Comprehensive, Consistent, and Coordinated Approach to Economic Policy. IMF Staff Discussion Note SDN/16/09
IMF, 2016
Learning to Live with Cheaper Oil
Policy Adjustment in Oil-Exporting Countries of the Middle East and Central Asia
IMF, 2016
Can Government Demand Stimulate Private Investment?
Evidence from U.S. Federal Procurement
IMF, 2016
Testing Piketty’s Hypothesis on the Drivers of Income Inequality
Evidence from Panel VARs with Heterogeneous Dynamics
IMF, 2016
IMF, 2016
2016 Article IV Consultation with the United States of America
Concluding Statement of the IMF Mission
IMF, 2016
IMF, 2016
Vulnerabilities, Legacies, and Policy Challenges
Risks Rotating to Emerging Markets. Global Financial Stability Report October 2015
IMF, 2015
Too Much of a Good Thing?
Prudent Management of Inflows Under Economic Citizenship Programs
IMF, 2015
System Malfunction
The Global Economy Is Rife with Imbalances that Cannot Be Fixed under the Present International Monetary (Non)System
IMF, 2015
Toil and Technology
Innovative Technology Is Displacing Workers to New Jobs Rather Than Replacing Them Entirely
IMF, 2015
Corporate Financing Trends and Balance Sheet Risks in Latin America
Taking Stock of “The Bon(d)anza”
IMF, 2015
