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Banking on Reform: Can Volcker, Vickers and Liikanen Resolve the Too-Important-to-Fail Conundrum?

by José Viñals and Ceyla Pazarbasioglu The global regulatory landscape governing banks has changed from its pre-crisis status quo. In addition to the Group of Twenty advanced and emerging economies le… more →

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Banking on Reform: Can Volcker, Vickers and Liikanen Resolve the Too-Important-to-Fail Conundrum? — 1 comment

iMFdirect wrote 1 week ago: by José Viñals and Ceyla Pazarbasioglu The global regulatory landscape governing banks has changed f … more →

Tags: Europe, Finance, financial crisis, financial regulation, Financial sector supervision, G-20, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Banks

The Evolving Role of the Banking Systems in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe

iMFdirect wrote 1 week ago: By Reza Moghadam What has been the role of foreign banks in financing growth and convergence in Cent … more →

Tags: Economic Crisis, Emerging markets, Europe, Finance, Growth, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Banks, Central Europe

Inclusive and Sustained Growth in Asia: The Role of Fiscal Policy

iMFdirect wrote 1 week ago: By Anoop Singh (Versions in 中文 and 日本語) Fiscal management has improved in Asia over the past decade. … more →

Tags: Asia, Economic Crisis, Emerging markets, Finance, financial crisis, Growth, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Infrastructure

The Lessons of the North Atlantic Crisis for Economic Theory and Policy — 8 comments

iMFdirect wrote 2 weeks ago: Guest post by: Joseph E. Stiglitz Columbia University, New York, and co-host of the Conference on Re … more →

Tags: Debt Relief, Economic Crisis, Emerging markets, Europe, Finance, financial crisis, Growth, IMF, International Monetary Fund

Preventing The Next Catastrophe: Where Do We Stand? — 5 comments

iMFdirect wrote 2 weeks ago: Guest post by David Romer University of California, Berkeley, and co-host of Rethinking Macro II: Fi … more →

Tags: Economic Crisis, Economic Research, Emerging markets, Europe, Finance, financial crisis, financial regulation, fiscal policy, Growth

The Cat in the Tree and Further Observations: Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy — 4 comments

iMFdirect wrote 2 weeks ago: Guest post by George A. Akerlof University of California, Berkeley Senior Resident Scholar at the IM … more →

Tags: Economic Crisis, financial crisis, International Monetary Fund, IMF, recession, Economic Research, G-20, Employment, Finance

Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy — 7 comments

iMFdirect wrote 3 weeks ago: By Olivier Blanchard (Versions in عربي, 中文, Français, Русский, and Español) The IMF has just hosted … more →

Tags: Asia, Debt Relief, Economic Research, Europe, Finance, financial crisis, financial regulation, Financial sector supervision, fiscal policy

Emerging Asia: At Risk of the “Middle-Income Trap”?

iMFdirect wrote 3 weeks ago: By Anoop Singh (Versions in 中文 and 日本語) Emerging economies in Asia have weathered the global financi … more →

Tags: Asia, Economic Crisis, Emerging markets, financial crisis, Growth, IMF, International Monetary Fund, China, iMFdirect

The World’s Three-Speed Economic Recovery — 1 comment

iMFdirect wrote 1 month ago: By Olivier Blanchard (Versions in عربي , 中文, 日本語, Русский, and Español) The main theme of our latest … more →

Tags: Asia, Debt Relief, Economic Crisis, Economic outlook, Emerging markets, Europe, fiscal policy, Growth, low income countries

The Fiscal Milestone: Achievements, Fatigue, and Prospects

iMFdirect wrote 1 month ago: By Carlo Cottarelli (Versions in عربي , 中文, 日本語, and Español) The 2008–09 global economic crisis pus … more →

Tags: Economic Crisis, Europe, financial crisis, fiscal policy, International Monetary Fund, Deficit, Fiscal Monitor, France, GDP

How To Make A Graceful Exit: The Potential Perils of Ending Extraordinary Central Bank Policies — 1 comment

iMFdirect wrote 1 month ago: By Erik Oppers This spring monetary policy is the talk of the town.  It is everywhere you look, it’s … more →

Tags: Economic outlook, Economic Research, fiscal policy, International Monetary Fund, investment, Banks, Bonds, Central Banks, credit

Scenes From A Central Bank: A Turkish Tale in Two Acts — 1 comment

iMFdirect wrote 1 month ago: By Robert Tchaidze and Heiko Hesse  In mid 2010 the Turkish central bank decided to introduce a poli … more →

Tags: Economic Research, Employment, Europe, Finance, fiscal policy, Growth, International Monetary Fund, Central Banks, exchange rate

Looking around the corner?

workfullness wrote 2 months ago: In this months’s Impact the CIPD’s Chief Economist, Mark Beatson, takes a peek at the OECD’s l … more →

Tags: Economics, Mark Beatson, OECD, BRIC, GDP

Time For A Spring Cleaning: The Global Economy Will Thank You

iMFdirect wrote 2 months ago: by José Viñals Version in Español It is still winter in the northern hemisphere, but there is never … more →

Tags: Europe, Finance, financial crisis, financial regulation, Financial sector supervision, Growth, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Politics 2

Europe: Toward A More Perfect Union

iMFdirect wrote 3 months ago: By Nemat Shafik During the years that followed the euro’s introduction, financial integration procee … more →

Tags: Economic Crisis, Employment, Europe, Finance, financial crisis, financial regulation, Financial sector supervision, fiscal policy, Growth

Resolutions for the Fiscal New Year—Staying on Track Is No Easy Task — 2 comments

iMFdirect wrote 3 months ago: by Carlo Cottarelli and Philip Gerson Version in Español and عربي We’re one month into 2013, a … more →

Tags: Economic Crisis, Emerging markets, Europe, fiscal policy, Growth, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Public debt, advanced economies

We May Have Avoided the Cliffs, But We Still Face High Mountains — 5 comments

iMFdirect wrote 3 months ago: by Olivier Blanchard Version in Español  and عربي Optimism is in the air, particularly in financial … more →

Tags: Economic Crisis, Economic outlook, Economic Research, Emerging markets, Europe, fiscal policy, Growth, IMF, International Monetary Fund

IMF’s Christine Lagarde on the U.S. Fiscal Cliff — 7 comments

iMFdirect wrote 5 months ago: by iMFdirect The head of the IMF Christine Lagarde has weighed in on the ongoing U.S. fiscal cliff d … more →

Tags: Economic Crisis, Employment, fiscal policy, Growth, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, CNN, Entrepreneurs

OEСD slashes global forecast, warns of global slowdown

arnoldoree wrote 5 months ago: Published: 27 November, 2012, 16:37 OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria delivers global growth forec … more →

Tags: economcis, developed world, global growth, 2008 Global Financial Crisis, 2008 Financial Crisis, Global Recession, Mature markets


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