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at 4/29/25 11:00amThe U.S. dollar has suffered its worst start to any year since 1989 as the Trump administration has put forward once unthinkable economic policies, unnerving global investors. But one proposed shift would be of a different order altogether: an exit by the U.S. from the International Monetary Fund. Sweeping global trade barriers, broken alliances and ...- — Asian central banks have space to ease rates to soften US tariff hit, IMF official says
- at 4/27/25 11:00amMany Asian central banks have room to ease monetary policy to cushion the blow to their economies from U.S. tariffs, a senior International Monetary Fund official said on Thursday, after the fund cut its GDP estimates for the export-driven region. In its latest reference forecasts, the IMF said it expected Asias economic growth to slow ...
- — China has scope to ramp up stimulus, fix property woes, IMF says
- at 4/25/25 11:00amChina needs to do more to address its property-sector problems and has scope to provide more stimulus to boost consumption, Krishna Srinivasan, director of the International Monetary Funds Asia and Pacific Department, said. Srinivasan welcomed measures taken by Beijing so far to fix its property sector as steps in the right direction but not sufficient. ...
- — IMF Says Tariff Pressures To Push Global Public Debt Past Pandemic Levels
- at 4/25/25 4:00amEconomic pressures from steep new U.S. tariffs will push global public debt above pandemic-era levels to nearly 100% of global GDP by the end of the decade as slower growth and trade strain government budgets, the International Monetary Fund said. The IMFs latest Fiscal Monitor projected that global public debt will grow 2.8 percentage points ...
- — IMF to stay focused on stability, support countries on climate change, Georgieva says
- at 4/24/25 3:00pmThe International Monetary Fund will stay laser focused on preventing balance of payments crises and incorporate the Trump administrations concerns into its policies but will keep supporting countries affected by climate change, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday. Georgieva told a news conference during IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings that the directives from ...
- — IMF will incorporate US concerns in its policies, Georgieva says
- at 4/24/25 3:00pmThe International Monetary Fund will incorporate concerns raised by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent into its policies, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday, saying the IMF was a membership organization and would do what its members wanted. Bessent on Wednesday called for the IMF and the World Bank to refocus on their core missions ...
- — Global trade growth expected to slow, weigh on oil prices and exporters: IMF
- at 4/24/25 4:00amWeakened expectations for global trade growth are set to weigh on oil exporters as demand flattens, the International Monetary Funds research director Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said in Washington DC. Oil prices are expected to decline 15.5% in 2025, hovering around $66.9/b, and supply growth is expected to outpace tepid demand growth through 2026, when prices are ...
- — IMF says financial stability risks increased significantly amid trade turmoil
- at 4/23/25 3:00pmGlobal financial stability risks have increased significantly since the fall, driven largely by heightened economic uncertainty around trade policy and other geopolitical factors, the International Monetary Fund cautioned Tuesday. In its semiannual Global Financial Stability Report, the IMF cautioned tightening financial conditions, coupled with heightened uncertainty, is driving up financial risks worldwide. The overall level ...
- — IMF must be more active on debt restructurings, Georgieva says
- at 4/23/25 11:00amThe International Monetary Fund must be more active in debt restructuring processes, the global lenders managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, said on Tuesday, noting the growing challenges facing vulnerable low- and middle-income countries. Georgieva told an event hosted by the Bretton Woods Committee booster group that African countries and others, in a 1-1/2-hour meeting, said they ...
- — AI economic gains likely to outweigh emissions cost, says IMF
- at 4/23/25 11:00amEconomic gains from artificial intelligence will boost global output by around 0.5% a year between 2025 and 2030, outweighing the costs of rising carbon emissions by the data centres needed to run AI models, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. An IMF report released at its annual spring meeting in Washington nonetheless noted that ...
- — IMF cuts growth forecasts for most countries in wake of century-high US tariffs
- at 4/23/25 4:00amThe International Monetary Fund on Tuesday slashed its growth forecasts for the United States, China and most countries, citing the impact of U.S. tariffs now at 100-year highs and warning that rising trade tensions would further slow growth. The IMF released an update to its World Economic Outlook compiled in just 10 days after U.S. ...
- — The Global Economy Enters a New Era
- at 4/22/25 3:00pmThe global economic system under which most countries have operated for the last 80 years is being reset, ushering the world into a new era. Existing rules are challenged while new ones are yet to emerge. Since late January, a flurry of tariff announcements by the United States, which started with Canada, China, Mexico and ...
- — Simpler, more streamlined and smarter regulations are required to address evolving policy challenges
- at 4/16/25 3:00pmGovernments should renew their efforts to better design, deliver, and review regulation and regulatory processes, according to a new OECD report. The Regulatory Policy Outlook 2025 the OECD’s flagship publication on drafting laws and regulations, their implementation and review highlights the efforts governments are making to advance policy objectives while adapting to rapid ...
- — Trade tensions can lead to stock market crashes, IMF says
- at 4/14/25 11:00amMajor geopolitical risk events, including trade tensions, can trigger large corrections in stock prices, the International Monetary Fund said in a report on Monday. That in turn can generate market volatility which can threaten financial stability, it said in a chapter from its forthcoming Global Financial Stability Report. The IMF did not mention specific events, ...
- — OECD headline inflation slows slightly to 4.5% in February 2025
- at 4/6/25 11:00amYear-on-year inflation in the OECD as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) slowed to 4.5% in February 2025 from 4.7% in January (Figures 1 and 2). Inflation declined in 15 of 38 OECD countries and was stable or broadly stable in 15. By contrast, it rose in 8 OECD countries, with increases exceeding 1.0 ...
- — IMF’s Georgieva says US tariffs represent significant risk to global outlook
- at 4/4/25 11:00amSweeping tariffs announced on Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump pose a significant risk to the global economy at a time when growth has been sluggish, the head of the International Monetary Fund said in a statement. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said it was important to avoid steps that could further harm the global ...
- — US disinflation may slow, but Fed goals still intact, IMF’s Georgieva says
- at 4/1/25 3:00pmInternational Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the disinflation process may slow a bit in 2025, but not enough to alter the Federal Reserves goals of returning to its 2% target in 2026. Georgieva told a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker event that recent high-frequency data showed inflation expectations in February were a little higher than ...
- — R&D spending growth slows in OECD, surges in China; government support for energy and defence R&D rises sharply
- at 3/31/25 3:00pmResearch and experimental development (RD) expenditure in the OECD area grew by 2.4% in inflation-adjusted terms in 2023, down from 3.6% in 2022. Business RD expenditure outpaced other sectors, growing at 2.7% in 2023 and accounted for 74% of total gross domestic expenditure on RD (GERD) in the OECD area, up from 66% in 2010. ...
- — ’Nimble, dynamic’ Cyprus economy may grow 2.5% this year, IMF says
- at 3/28/25 4:00pmCyprus has a nimble and dynamic economy that should grow about 2.5% this year, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday, while it added that the island should resist any temptation to loosen fiscal policy. The east Mediterranean island required a bailout from the IMF in 2013 after fiscal slippage and heavy exposure to Greece, ...
- — IMF assessing Trump tariff plans but does not see US recession
- at 3/27/25 12:00pmThe International Monetary Fund is continuing to assess the impact of President Donald Trumps tariff plans, including his new 25% autos tariffs, but the IMFs baseline forecasts do not envision a U.S. recession, IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack said on Thursday. Kozack, asked about Trumps tariff plans at a regular IMF press briefing, said if sustained, ...
- — Higher and more expensive sovereign and corporate debt risks restricting capacity to finance future investment needs
- at 3/20/25 4:00pmGovernments and companies borrowed USD 25 trillion from markets in 2024, which is USD 10 trillion more compared to the pre-COVID period, and nearly three times the amount raised in 2007, according to a new OECD report. The OECD Global Debt Report 2025: Financing Growth in a Challenging Debt Market Environment shows that debt levels ...
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