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Quantitative Tightening and Capital Flows to Emerging Markets

In its May 15th meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) lifted its benchmark…

2 years ago

Otaviano Canuto: Some Economies May Soon Face a Hard Landing

Weaker performance of emerging markets is expected in the immediate future. This year began with simultaneous signs of a slowdown…

3 years ago

EXIM Hungary: Hungary’s Export Expert has Strong Focus on Finance and Foreign Market Expansion

EXIM, the official export credit agency of Hungary, is the only domestic bank and insurer specifically focusing on international trade,…

3 years ago

Permanent Output Losses from the Pandemic

In the World Economic Outlook, published October 12, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) slightly lowered its forecast for global economic…

3 years ago

World Debt Anchor to Keep Interest Rates and Growth Low

Debt — both public and commercial — is exploding in the US, and internationally. Interest rates are being kept low…

3 years ago

The Two Sides of Capital Flows into Brazil

There was a significant inflow of funds in Brazil's external financial account in October and November for investments in both…

4 years ago

Joe Biden No Panacea to Global Trade Troubles

The imminent departure from the White House of the self-styled dragon-slayer does not necessarily bode well for Chinese President Xi…

4 years ago

Fed Chair Powell: “Recovering to a Different Economy”

A river runs through it. President Christine Lagarde of the European Central Bank (ECB) argues that safely fording the ‘big…

4 years ago

Whither Interest Rates in Advanced Economies: Low for Long?

by Otaviano Canuto We have previously discussed how, between March 2020, when the financial shock caused by COVID-19 occurred, and…

4 years ago

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the IMF: Europe and the Global Recovery in 2021

We are at a point in our history where it is paramount to concentrate on what this crisis entails, what…

4 years ago