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    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Central banks must keep rates high until inflation is tamed, says OECD

      Organisation sees no case for monetary easing in rich nations despite economic strains and trading tensions

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      Countries are spending heavily on defence, welfare and the green transition. With debt levels already high, taxes look certain to rise

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      Economists grow gloomier on 2024 as central banks delay rate cuts

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    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
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      The five global economic shifts happening now

      As uncertainty and inflation challenge central bankers and policymakers, they must also adapt to structural changes

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    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
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    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      IMF upgrades forecasts but warns global economy ‘not out of the woods’

      Chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas says chances of US soft landing have risen as consumer spending remains strong

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    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
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      Economic forces put risk appetite of investors towards emerging economies in jeopardy

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    • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
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      Emerging markets are proving less vulnerable to rising interest rates than many analysts feared

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    • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
      Martin Wolf
      Developing countries have hit the financial rocks

      The dire situation on debt has become pressing — urgent action is needed

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    • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
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      Highlights from the publications of the World Bank-IMF spring meetings

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    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
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      The dire outlook for global growth — and for forecasters

      The IMF has labelled the slowdown since 2008 ‘predictable’ but experts did not foresee the universal downturn

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    • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
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      The IMF is forecasting a ‘hard landing’ for the global economy if high inflation continues

    • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
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      Fund cautions that higher-for-longer interest rates could amplify financial risks

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    • Sunday, 9 April, 2023
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      China, US, eurozone, India and UK well-placed to avoid slowdown going into IMF-World Bank spring meetings

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    • Thursday, 6 April, 2023
      Global economy set for years of weak growth, IMF chief Georgieva warns

      Prospects for the medium term are the worst since 1990, says fund’s managing director

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    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
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    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
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      World Bank warns global economy at risk of lost decade of growth

      Fallout from pandemic and war in Ukraine could be exacerbated if financial turmoil sparks recession

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    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
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      Kristalina Georgieva says uncertainties in the world economy remain ‘exceptionally high’

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    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
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      Evidence is accumulating that tightening is not a good idea, but the IMF is not for turning

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    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
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