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IMF predicts steady global growth that's still low by historical standards
Apr 16, 2024
The institution says the world economy continues to show “remarkable resilience.”
U.S. economy among the few bright spots at World Bank/IMF annual meeting
Oct 10, 2023
The meetings are being held in Morocco, still struggling to recover from a severe earthquake just a month ago. The contrast with the U.S. could not be more stark. The IMF says the U.S. is the only major economy where output has returned to pre-pandemic levels.
IMF downgrades global economic growth in its latest report
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sean McHenry
Jan 25, 2022
The IMF's Gita Gopinath talks about the challenges facing the global economy as the world enters its third year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vaccine access is "principal fault line" in global economic recovery — IMF
Jul 28, 2021
The International Monetary Fund has raised its economic growth forecast for economies with relatively high vaccination rates and lowered it for those where rates are low.
IMF projects 6% global growth, driven in part by U.S. GDP growth
Apr 6, 2021
Financial stimulus policies are driving economic growth, but not all economies are recovering at the same speed.
IMF warns global growth will be lopsided
Apr 5, 2021
It may take years for much of the world to match the U.S. and China, where bigger vaccine rollouts have sped up economic recovery.
IMF encourages countries affected by COVID to keep spending on safety net
Oct 13, 2020
For the world's poorest, the pandemic has exacerbated their situation.
For public good, not for profit.
The IMF predicts the global economy will shrink by 5% this year
by
Justin Ho
Jun 24, 2020
That means fewer jobs and more debt. And the U.S. may be in for even worse.
This crisis is hard on us. It's even harder on countries that aren't rich.
May 21, 2020
Capital has fled emerging markets on a massive scale. Currencies are down, debt burdens are rising and people are falling into poverty.
IMF says global economy will shrink 3% this year because of COVID-19
Apr 14, 2020
IMF economists talked to epidemiologists and tried to estimate how much COVID-19 restrictions will affect the economy.