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5 May 21
Thailand is planning a new round of measures to help low-income groups through its biggest wave of Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began.
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28 Apr 21
Developing economies in Asia could recover faster than expected from Covid-19 but some countries are likely to lag behind, the Asian Development Bank has said.
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27 Apr 21
Post-pandemic optimism for Norway’s economy should be tempered by longer-term risks such as an oil revenue slowdown and its ageing population, International Monetary Fund economists have said.
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27 Apr 21
Portugal has become the first European Union member to officially submit its final Covid-19 recovery plan to Brussels, as the bloc’s pandemic rescue fund inches closer to fruition.
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7 Apr 21
Prospects for economic recovery vary starkly across regions and between countries despite the world economy emerging from the worst phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Monetary Fund has...
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22 Mar 21
Weak growth will hamper many economies in the Americas in the coming years without fiscal and institutional reforms, the region’s largest multilateral bank has warned.
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17 Mar 21
Governments are failing to ‘build back better’ from Covid-19, with just 18% of recovery spending going on ‘green' projects, a group of academics and the United Nations has said.
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16 Mar 21
Malaysia is likely to become a high-income economy between 2024 and 2028 but must ensure its development is sustainable, the World Bank has said.
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15 Mar 21
The United Nations Statistical Commission has adopted a framework for accounting for the value of nature when measuring the economy.
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11 Mar 21
China will look to expand its middle class while continuing to open up its economy to trade, state media reported following the adoption of the country’s latest five-year plan.
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8 Mar 21
Kenya’s credit rating has been downgraded by ratings agency Standard & Poor's, despite the country having recently agreed a deal with the International Monetary Fund aimed at reducing its debt...
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5 Mar 21
Negative interest rates achieved their desired effects of boosting growth and inflation, and are likely to continue being a policy option for central banks, a report from the IMF has said.
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23 Feb 21
The head of Myanmar’s military government has told his officials they need to take action to revive the country’s struggling economy, state media has reported.
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12 Feb 21
The Rwandan economy has fallen into its first recession in more than 25 years, with the World Bank warning it risks years of gains in poverty reduction.
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12 Jan 21
Lagging economic growth in China during the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic could be resolved by shifting resources into areas such as the social safety net, the IMF has said.
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8 Jan 21
“Bold” policies adopted during 2020 to fight the health and economic effects of Covid-19 have prevented a protracted economic downturn in Indonesia, the IMF has said.
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5 Jan 21
Poverty in Iran could almost treble during the pandemic, the World Bank has said in its latest report into the Middle Eastern country’s economy.
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24 Nov 20
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $600m loan to Indonesia for the expansion of electricity access in nine provinces.
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24 Nov 20
Arab countries’ disproportionate reliance on the sectors hit hardest by Covid-19 means they must continue their economic investment to avoid deepening the crisis, the IMF has said.
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20 Nov 20
Germany should not let its rising debt stop it from taking “vigorous policy action” to mitigate the economic effects of Covid-19, the IMF has said after a visit to the country.
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17 Nov 20
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund will inject 150bn riyals (£30bn) into the Kingdom’s economy in 2021 to help spur its recovery from low oil revenues and Covid-19, the country’s crown prince has...
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28 Oct 20
Measures protecting jobs in Europe saved the continent from an even worse recession during the pandemic, the IMF has said, while warning that support should not be withdrawn prematurely.
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14 Oct 20
The global recession caused by Covid-19 will not be as bad as initially feared, but “tremendous uncertainty” remains, the IMF’s top economist has said.
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9 Oct 20
The US will need to confront several policy challenges with “wide-ranging credit impact” over the next four years, ratings agency Moody’s has said as presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe...
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9 Oct 20
Richer countries need to increase public investment to revive the global economy from its worst crash in recent times, the IMF has said.
5 May 21Thailand is planning a new round of measures to help low-income groups through its biggest wave of Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began.
28 Apr 21Developing economies in Asia could recover faster than expected from Covid-19 but some countries are likely to lag behind, the Asian Development Bank has said.
27 Apr 21Post-pandemic optimism for Norway’s economy should be tempered by longer-term risks such as an oil revenue slowdown and its ageing population, International Monetary Fund economists have said.
27 Apr 21Portugal has become the first European Union member to officially submit its final Covid-19 recovery plan to Brussels, as the bloc’s pandemic rescue fund inches closer to fruition.
7 Apr 21Prospects for economic recovery vary starkly across regions and between countries despite the world economy emerging from the worst phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Monetary Fund has...
22 Mar 21Weak growth will hamper many economies in the Americas in the coming years without fiscal and institutional reforms, the region’s largest multilateral bank has warned.
17 Mar 21Governments are failing to ‘build back better’ from Covid-19, with just 18% of recovery spending going on ‘green' projects, a group of academics and the United Nations has said.
16 Mar 21Malaysia is likely to become a high-income economy between 2024 and 2028 but must ensure its development is sustainable, the World Bank has said.
15 Mar 21The United Nations Statistical Commission has adopted a framework for accounting for the value of nature when measuring the economy.
11 Mar 21China will look to expand its middle class while continuing to open up its economy to trade, state media reported following the adoption of the country’s latest five-year plan.
8 Mar 21Kenya’s credit rating has been downgraded by ratings agency Standard & Poor's, despite the country having recently agreed a deal with the International Monetary Fund aimed at reducing its debt...
23 Feb 21The head of Myanmar’s military government has told his officials they need to take action to revive the country’s struggling economy, state media has reported.
12 Feb 21The Rwandan economy has fallen into its first recession in more than 25 years, with the World Bank warning it risks years of gains in poverty reduction.
12 Jan 21Lagging economic growth in China during the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic could be resolved by shifting resources into areas such as the social safety net, the IMF has said.
8 Jan 21“Bold” policies adopted during 2020 to fight the health and economic effects of Covid-19 have prevented a protracted economic downturn in Indonesia, the IMF has said.
5 Jan 21Poverty in Iran could almost treble during the pandemic, the World Bank has said in its latest report into the Middle Eastern country’s economy.
24 Nov 20Arab countries’ disproportionate reliance on the sectors hit hardest by Covid-19 means they must continue their economic investment to avoid deepening the crisis, the IMF has said.
20 Nov 20Germany should not let its rising debt stop it from taking “vigorous policy action” to mitigate the economic effects of Covid-19, the IMF has said after a visit to the country.
17 Nov 20Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund will inject 150bn riyals (£30bn) into the Kingdom’s economy in 2021 to help spur its recovery from low oil revenues and Covid-19, the country’s crown prince has...
28 Oct 20Measures protecting jobs in Europe saved the continent from an even worse recession during the pandemic, the IMF has said, while warning that support should not be withdrawn prematurely.
14 Oct 20The global recession caused by Covid-19 will not be as bad as initially feared, but “tremendous uncertainty” remains, the IMF’s top economist has said.![Donald Trump and Joe Biden are the two main candidates for president in the 2020 US election [image: Shutterstock]](https://www.publicfinancefocus.org/sites/default/files/styles/pf_square/public/trump-biden-shutterstock_1724296963.jpg?itok=4JmS23o7 "Donald Trump and Joe Biden are the two main candidates for president in the 2020 US election [image: Shutterstock]")
9 Oct 20The US will need to confront several policy challenges with “wide-ranging credit impact” over the next four years, ratings agency Moody’s has said as presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe...
9 Oct 20Richer countries need to increase public investment to revive the global economy from its worst crash in recent times, the IMF has said.
