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The Priority of Growth and Jobs—the IMF’s Dialogue with the Unions
By Dominique Strauss-Kahn I had the pleasure of addressing the 2nd World Congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in Vancouver a couple of weeks ago, and participating in a panel...
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Watch This (Fiscal) Space: Assessing Room for Fiscal Maneuver in Advanced...
By Jonathan D. Ostry Public debt sustainability in most advanced economies used to be a non-issue, or at most a back-burner one. A couple years back, if the topic came up, most people associated it...
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Financial System Fragilities – Achilles’ Heel of Economic Recovery
By José Viñals It would be unfair for any assessment of global economic and financial stability not to acknowledge that tremendous progress has been made in repairing and strengthening the financial...
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Bridges to Growth, Not Roads to Nowhere: Scaling Up Infrastructure Investment...
By Hugh Bredenkamp and Roger Nord (Version in Français ) For low-income countries, the absence of reliable infrastructure—roads, railways, ports, but also power supply—has become an increasingly...
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Shifting Gears: Where the Rubber Meets the Fiscal Road
By Carlo Cottarelli Undertaking a sizable fiscal adjustment is a lot like driving up a tall mountain: it’s hard work, it can take a long time, and you don’t want to run out of fuel partway up the...
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Avoiding Another Year of Living Dangerously: Time to Secure Financial Stability
By José Viñals In various guises, the “Year of Living Dangerously” has been used to describe the global financial crisis, the policy response to the crisis, and its aftermath. But, we’ve slipped well...
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Euro Muscles in Brussels: Christine Lagarde on Greece
by iMFdirect The head of the IMF Christine Lagarde was clear during her press conference in Brussels yesterday—European leaders’ deal to help Greece and the euro area is a very constructive and...
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Greece: Past Critiques and the Path Forward
By Olivier Blanchard (Versions in Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, ελληνικά, Русский, 中文, 日本語, عربي, and Português) All eyes are on Greece, as the parties involved continue to strive for a lasting...
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Greece: Toward a Workable Program
By Poul M. Thomsen Versions in عربي (Arabic), Español, Français, and ελληνικά (Greek) Having successfully pulled Greece from the brink last summer and subsequently stabilized the economy, the...
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The IMF is Not Asking Greece for More Austerity
By Maurice Obstfeld and Poul M. Thomsen Versions in عربي (Arabic); Français (French); Deutsch (German); ελληνικά (Greek); and Español (Spanish) Greece is once again in the headlines as discussions for...
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Dealing with Sovereign Debt—The IMF Perspective
By Sean Hagan, Maurice Obstfeld, and Poul M. Thomsen Version in Español (Spanish) Debt is central to the functioning of a modern economy. Firms can use it to finance investments in future productivity....
View ArticleWatch This (Fiscal) Space: Assessing Room for Fiscal Maneuver in Advanced...
By Jonathan D. Ostry Public debt sustainability in most advanced economies used to be a non-issue, or at most a back-burner one. A couple years back, if the topic came up, most people associated it...
View ArticleFinancial System Fragilities – Achilles’ Heel of Economic Recovery
By José Viñals It would be unfair for any assessment of global economic and financial stability not to acknowledge that tremendous progress has been made in repairing and strengthening the financial...
View ArticleBridges to Growth, Not Roads to Nowhere: Scaling Up Infrastructure Investment...
By Hugh Bredenkamp and Roger Nord (Version in Français ) For low-income countries, the absence of reliable infrastructure—roads, railways, ports, but also power supply—has become an increasingly...
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Shifting Gears: Where the Rubber Meets the Fiscal Road
By Carlo Cottarelli Undertaking a sizable fiscal adjustment is a lot like driving up a tall mountain: it’s hard work, it can take a long time, and you don’t want to run out of fuel partway up the...
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Avoiding Another Year of Living Dangerously: Time to Secure Financial Stability
By José Viñals In various guises, the “Year of Living Dangerously” has been used to describe the global financial crisis, the policy response to the crisis, and its aftermath. But, we’ve slipped well...
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Euro Muscles in Brussels: Christine Lagarde on Greece
by iMFdirect The head of the IMF Christine Lagarde was clear during her press conference in Brussels yesterday—European leaders' deal to help Greece and the euro area is a very constructive and...
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Greece: Past Critiques and the Path Forward
By Olivier Blanchard (Versions in Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, ελληνικά, Русский, 中文, 日本語, عربي, and Português) All eyes are on Greece, as the parties involved continue to strive for a lasting...
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Greece: Toward a Workable Program
By Poul M. Thomsen Versions in عربي (Arabic), Español, Français, and ελληνικά (Greek) Having successfully pulled Greece from the brink last summer and subsequently stabilized the economy, the...
View ArticleThe IMF is Not Asking Greece for More Austerity
By Maurice Obstfeld and Poul M. Thomsen Versions in عربي (Arabic); Français (French); Deutsch (German); ελληνικά (Greek); and Español (Spanish) Greece is once again in the headlines as discussions for...
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