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• Euro Area At The Crossroads: No Time For Complacency

  Recovery in the euro area has strengthened, but the medium-term outlook remains weak and is endangered by lack of collective action, says the IMF in its latest review of the currency union.

• South Africa: Latest Outlook Shows Urgent Need for Policy Reforms

  South Africa faces significant challenges and needs decisive action to revive growth, the IMF said in its latest annual assessment of the country’s economy.

• South Africa: Latest Outlook Shows Urgent Need for Policy Reforms

  South Africa faces significant challenges and needs decisive action to revive growth, the IMF said in its latest annual assessment of the country’s economy.

• Poland: Strong Institutions a Must For Steady Growth

  Poland has been growing steadily over the past years. However, some policies of the new government have dented investor sentiment and could slow down growth, according to the IMF.

• Globally Important German Financial System is Resilient

  The financial system of Germany, home to systemically important financial institutions, has been bolstered by EU-wide and global reforms in the financial sector. At the same time, low interest rates and the ongoing transition to new supervisory and resolution mechanisms may pose risks, according to the IMF.

• A Blueprint for Portugal’s Future Growth

  Portugal has bounced back from the global economic crisis, but to keep up momentum it will need to carry out additional reforms aimed at boosting growth, generating jobs, and improving competitiveness, according to a new IMF publication on the country’s economy.

• A Blueprint for Portugal’s Future Growth

  Portugal has bounced back from the global economic crisis, but to keep up momentum it will need to carry out additional reforms aimed at boosting growth, generating jobs, and improving competitiveness, according to a new IMF publication on the country’s economy.

• Strong Recovery in Jamaica but Bold Reforms Still Needed

  After several decades of low growth and rising public debt, Jamaica has made significant progress in restoring economic stability thanks to strong policies and program ownership.

• Strong Recovery in Jamaica but Bold Reforms Still Needed

  After several decades of low growth and rising public debt, Jamaica has made significant progress in restoring economic stability thanks to strong policies and program ownership.

• IMF Lauds Strong Partnership with Austria on Capacity Development

  Developing economic policymaking capacity in its member countries is one of the IMF’s most critical jobs—and a key means of preventing crises, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in Vienna, Austria.

Featured documents

• Exchange Rates Still Matter For Trade

  Exchange rate movements still have sizable effects on exports and imports, says a new IMF study. IMF economists find that a 10 percent depreciation in a country's currency, adjusted for inflation, boosts net exports by an average 1.5 percent of economic output, mostly within the first...

• F&D Magazine’s 50th Birthday Issue Looks at Global Economics

  The IMF’s Finance & Development (F&D) magazine marks its golden anniversary with a number of special features in its recently released September issue on the future of the global economy and a look back at how things have changed over the past 50 years....

• Uneven Global Recovery, Complex Underlying Currents

  Global growth prospects are uneven across major economies, says the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO). In advanced economies, growth is projected to strengthen in 2015 relative to 2014, but in emerging market and developing economies it is expected to be weaker....

• Harnessing the Power of Fiscal Policy to Mitigate Inequality

  The appropriate design of fiscal policies can mitigate income inequality, without hurting growth, or even while increasing it, according to a recently published IMF book, Inequality and Fiscal Policy....

• Experts Debate Policy Options for China’s Transition

  After rapid economic growth for nearly three decades, China today faces the challenge of economic rebalancing against the backdrop of slow and uncertain global growth, panelists said at a recent conference....

• Reform Securitization to Improve Growth, Financial Stability

  Policymakers have made progress in reforming securitization markets, and they have to finish the task to mitigate the risks and ensure these markets contribute to economic growth and financial stability....

• <b>Lagarde Calls for New Recipe for Stronger Growth</b>

  Policymakers in all countries will have to refine and upgrade their economic policies to boost growth and reduce global uncertainty, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said at the opening press conference of the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Lima, Peru....

• Weakening Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Calls for Policy Reset

  After a prolonged period of strong economic growth, sub-Saharan Africa is set to experience a second difficult year as the region is hit by multiple shocks, the IMF said in its latest Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa....

• Australia's Banks Sturdy, Closely Connected

  Five years after the global economic crisis, Australia's financial sector continues to outperform most of its peers, but the country will need to manage risks from high household debt and house prices, reliance on funding from overseas, and a highly concentrated and interconnected banking system....

• Global Recovery, Growth Hampered by Uncertainty–Lagarde

  Global economic growth is being weighed down by uncertainty about whether policymakers will deliver on policy commitments, IMF chief Christine Lagarde tells reporters in Tokyo. She says many right decisions have been taken to secure global recovery, but adds that these decisions need to be...