IMF head projects slightly stronger global growth in 2024 and warns of potential long-term pitfalls

WASHINGTON — Strong economic activity in the United States and emerging markets is projected to help drive global growth by about 3% this year, the International Monetary Fund's chief said ... Read More

Global Economy

The U.S. remains tops by a wide margin in the wake of COVID-19, while other countries are grappling with recessions. An improved outlook from the International Monetary Fund signals a path to a ... Read More

It’s (Still) The Economy, Stupid

Bloomberg Economics ran the numbers on what Trump said ... Biden’s Super Bowl Sunday video about smaller ice cream cartons without smaller price tags overlooks key economic factors which ... Read More

IMF head: Global economy weak on low productivity

International Monetary Fund head Kristalina Georgieva said in Washington on Thursday, describing this as a "sobering reality." Listing the main difficulties facing the global economy, Georgieva ... Read More

There’s more to the economy than unemployment rates

the economy is slowing or contracting, even if the unemployment rate falls. This is not healthy. In California’s case, recent weak employment growth stands out. Let’s look at the Inland Empire. Read More

IMF says Brazil is the 9th economy in the world

According to a report from the International Monetary Fund ... of Lula's second term and the beginning of Dilma Rousseff's administration (2011-2016), Brazil became the sixth-largest economy ... Read More

Uncertainty over IMF programme’s continuity: A serious threat to economy

What is, however, significant is that an SJB government will continue with the IMF agreement and devise more equitable ways of raising revenue. Last Sunday’s column spelled out ... country was able to ... Read More

Why Germany Is The Global Economy's Biggest Loser

Today, Germany, the European Union's largest economy ... manager of co-head of global fixed-income at Loomis Sayles. For years, when presidents Bush, Obama and Trump urged them to increase ... Read More

FinMin Aurangzeb fills in PM Shehbaz on state of economy ahead of IMF talks

Georgieva told an event at the Atlantic Council think tank, that Pakistan was successfully completing its existing programme with the IMF and its economy ... by the global lender's board, will ... Read More

What’s Wrong With the Economy? It’s You, Not the Data

The U.S. economy—by many measures—is doing great. But many voters think otherwise. Here’s what the data say about why voters feel so bad about the economy and what it could mean for ... Read More

Opinion: How anti-immigrant bigotry hugely misunderstands our economy

Over recent months, conservative leaders including Donald Trump ... But it’s out of touch with the realities of another pre-election concern: the economy, to which noncitizens make increasingly ... Read More

Indian Economy News

Services and industry activity are expected to push India's output growth to reach 7.5% in FY24, as per the World Bank. It added that growth is expected to moderate to 6.6% over the medium term. Read More