
Tag: IMF


COVID-19 ‘Fault Lines’ Cause IMF to Downgrade Forecast

Look Out, Dollar: The Yuan Will Keep Surging, Says Ray Dalio
Just a minor player globally, the Chinese currency will expand its use a lot over the next decade, the hedge fund honcho predicts.

IMF Upgrades Global Economic Forecast for 2021

IMF Upgrades Global Growth Forecast But Still Sees Deep Recession
Organization warns pandemic will reverse progress made in reducing global poverty and will increase inequality.

IMF Expects Worst Economic Fallout Since Great Depression

Negative Surprises Spurs IMF to Cut Global Growth Forecast
IMF sees few signs of a turning point amid ‘new normal’ of higher uncertainty.

Dr. Doom Forecasts a Recession in 2020
Economist Nouriel Roubini sees a continued trade war and spiking oil prices as the catalysts.
IMF, OECD Global Forecasts Increasingly Downbeat
Decline in growth expectations coincided with start of US-China trade war.

Italy Moves to Lower Pension Eligibility Age in Budget Proposal
European Union has to approve the measure, which is aimed at making room for younger workers.
IMF Warns Tariffs, Tensions Pose Risk to Global Growth
Organization says tariffs and retaliation could ‘derail’ recovery.

World Bank, IMF Concerned over Ukraine Pension Reform
The two institutions object to amendments made to proposed pension bill.
IMF Downgrades US, UK Growth, Upgrades Eurozone
Says US fiscal policy will be less expansionary than previously assumed.

Atlanta Fed Revises US Growth Outlook, Clashing with IMF Views
“Medium-term imbalances” cast a cloud on the outlook, according to a report.
IMF, Ukraine Discuss Implementing Pension Reforms
Nearly two-thirds of all retirees in Ukraine receive the minimum pension.