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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.

• Uncertainty Clouds the United Kingdom’s Economic Prospects

  The economy of the United Kingdom has performed well in recent years, but it faces important challenges and risks, according to the IMF’s just-published annual health check of the U.K. economy and its periodic report on the financial sector.

Featured documents

• Financial Networks Key to Understanding Systemic Risk

  With financial markets around the world so interconnected, the analysis of “networks” in the financial system would help deepen understanding of systemic risk and is key to preventing future financial crises, say leading researchers and policymakers at a Research conference....

• Productivity Is Key to Growth in Small Mid-income Countries

  Africa’s small middle-income countries must boost the contribution of productivity to growth, since they can no longer rely on capital deepening as a growth driver, a Washington conference hears. Better productivity will also make these countries globally competitive....

• Global Growth on the Rise but Risks Remain, Predicts IMF WEO

  Global growth is expected to increase in 2014 after having been stuck in low gear in 2013, says the IMF’s latest WEO Update. The IMF forecasts global growth to average 3.7 percent in 2014―up from 3 percent in 2013―and to rise to 3.9 percent in 2015....

• Countries Should Take Action to Reduce External Imbalances

  If the world’s largest economies took steps to reduce excess external imbalances, they could improve prospects for sustained global growth and financial stability, according to a new IMF analysis....

• IMF Loan Aims to Help Tunisia Boost Growth, Protect Poor

  IMF Mission Chief for Tunisia Amine Mati explains the underlying reasons for the recent loan and the main ingredients of the government’s economic reform program....

• IMF Launches New Tool to Assess Public Debt in Market Access Countries

  The IMF releases to the general public its new toolkit for assessing public debt sustainability in countries that have access to international capital markets....

• Monetary Policies in Advanced Economies: Good for Them, Good for Others

  Accommodative monetary policies in systemic advanced economies can have a positive impact on economic activity in other countries, according to a new IMF analysis on the “spillover” impact of policies on other economies....

• Nordic Lessons to Raise Female Labor Participation in NE Asia

  More women need to be moved from non-regular to regular employment, and supported through appropriate public policies if Japan and Korea are to raise the number of working women, according to a new IMF Working Paper....

• Social Safety Nets Key to Helping Poorest in Burkina Faso

  The IMF is working with Burkina Faso to develop targeted welfare programs aimed at identifying and helping the poorest, but these programs remain a work-in-progress for a country dealing with chronic poverty and an influx of refugees from neighboring Mali....

• China’s Transition to Slower But Better Growth

  China is moving to a “new normal,” of slower yet safer and more sustainable growth. This involves giving the market a more decisive role in the economy, says the IMF in its annual assessment of the economy....