Increased trade integration helped fuel a spectacular rise in global living standards. Lower trade costs increased global GDP ...

Economists have long helped shape policy by offering analysis to guide decisions on trade, taxation, regulation, and economic ...

When controlled by a select few, tech innovation can be self-serving and undermine the institutions that make it possible, ...

But Europe’s postpandemic recovery has run out of steam, and stagnant productivity is dragging down medium-term growth prospects. Countries face significant strains on public finances, with rising ...

Andreas Adriano profiles Agustín Carstens, finance minister, head of the BIS, and central banker with a start-up mentality ...

More than a quarter century after The Economist first dubbed Germany the “sick man of Europe,” the label applies again. And this time, the illness is a chronic condition, requiring a long-term ...

Macao, a special administrative region of China, is one of only a handful of places in the world where different commercial banks issue their own versions of the same banknotes.

Growth and Resilience of Central, Eastern and Southeastern European Countries in a Fragmented World”, organized jointly by the Croatian National Bank (CNB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ...

Statement by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on the Passing of Former IMF First Deputy Managing Director Mr. Stanley Fischer ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Lone Christiansen and comprising Thomas Elkjaer, Gee Hee Hong, Yueling Huang, Alain Kabundi, and Sylwia Nowak, conducted discussions for the 2025 ...

A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of ...

Policymakers should broaden central clearing and monitor market-making, including by nonbank financial institutions, while dealers must continue to build resilience ...