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IMFBlog2022-04-21T10:47:33-04:00April 15, 2022|
Jean-Marc Fournier is an economist in the IMF’s Fiscal Policy and Surveillance Division, Fiscal Affairs Department. At the IMF, he developed a model to assess fiscal stance and provided fiscal advice for a range of countries, including Belgium, Côte d’Ivoire, France, India, Japan, Mexico, and the United States. He was previously an economist in the Economics Department of the […]
IMFBlog2019-09-12T10:53:38-04:00September 10, 2019|
By Ashok Vir Bhatia, Srobona Mitra, and Anke Weber
When savers and firms invest and borrow beyond their national borders, they enjoy opportunities to diversify their portfolios and lower their funding costs, respectively. […]
IMFBlog2019-06-10T08:00:45-04:00June 10, 2019|
IMFBlog2019-03-13T12:23:50-04:00October 29, 2018|
By Tobias Adrian, Dirk Jan Grolleman, and Anastasiia Morozova
October 29, 2018
Countries have improved banking sector regulation considerably in the past decade, but areas of weakness remain (Steve Gottlieb/Newscom)
The many 10th anniversary retrospectives of the global […]
IMFBlog2018-08-14T13:40:15-04:00August 13, 2018|
Ms. Pérez Ruiz is Mission Chief for Guatemala WHD. Previously, she had been Senior Economist for Chile and gained a diverse country experience working in EUR (2009−2016) (Greece program, Euro area team, France desk, and one off missions with the Netherlands and Belgium). Before joining the IMF, Ms. Pérez Ruiz had served as a […]
IMFBlog2019-03-13T15:25:22-04:00August 10, 2018|
By Jiaqian Chen, Christian Ebeke, Li Lin, Haonan Qu, and Jesse Siminitz
August 10, 2018
Versions in Español, Français, Português
A container ship entering the Port of Marseille, France: The UK is among the European […]
IMFBlog2020-03-23T10:06:04-04:00January 31, 2018|
By IMF Blog
January 31, 2018
Versions in عربي (Arabic), 中文 (Chinese), Français (French), 日本語 (Japanese), Español (Spanish), Русский (Russian)
Financial sector assessments are showing that countries and financial systems are adapting better methods to monitor financial vulnerabilities (photo: Ingram Publishing/Newscom). […]
IMFBlog2017-09-14T12:44:13-04:00August 29, 2017|
Jeffrey Franks is Director of the IMF Europe Office and Senior Resident Representative to the European Union, based in Brussels. A 24-year veteran of the Fund, he has held numerous other assignments, including heading the resident offices in Ukraine and Ecuador, and leading teams on Pakistan, Romania, France, Belgium, and Paraguay. He received his Ph.D. […]
IMFBlog2017-05-25T15:11:58-04:00May 17, 2017|
Alistair Thomson is deputy chief of media relations in the IMF’s Communications Department. Prior to joining the IMF in 2009, he cultivated a keen interest in international development over more than a decade as a foreign correspondent for Reuters. During that time he was posted in Belgium, Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa, and Senegal, covering all aspects of news—from economics and trade […]
IMFBlog2019-03-26T09:29:06-04:00March 27, 2017|
By IMFBlog
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While house prices around the world have rebounded over the last four years, a closer look reveals that this uptick is dependent on three things: location, location, location.
The IMF’s Global House Price Index—an average of real house prices across countries—has been rising for the past four years. However, house prices are […]
