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Evidence is accumulating that tightening is not a good idea, but the IMF is not for turning
Officials say worst-case projections in summer 2022 are now their baseline scenario
Forecasts for the year are bleak but the narratives we’re presented with have flaws
Kristalina Georgieva says next couple of months will be ‘tough for China’ due to spread of Covid
The latest data indicates a clear link between trade integration and falling global inequality
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IMF meetings yet to align better awareness of major economic problems with the scale of action required
Paris-based agency says higher crude prices would increase energy security risks worldwide
Taking on some lazy arguments for monetary tightening
As the new IMF report focuses on continuing downside risks, what can and should be done?
Fund expects world growth of just 2.7% next year as chief economist warns of ‘darkest hour’ ahead
High food and energy prices have fuelled business and consumer pessimism, Brookings-FT tracking index shows
Risks to economic outlook are ‘overwhelmingly tilted to the downside’, fund warns
Fund warns that downside risks cited in the spring have now materialised
Vast debts make the world economy more fragile than it was over 40 years ago
Paris-based organisation urges members to protect poorer households and countries from impact of war in Ukraine
Washington-based institution slashes growth projections and cautions over 1980s-style defaults
Kristalina Georgieva says Ukraine conflict is ‘devastating lives, dragging down growth and pushing up inflation’
Dangers are particularly acute for developing countries already facing number of crises
The conflict is a multiplier of disruption in an already disrupted world
History shows that consumers cutting back on discretionary spending pose a serious risk for markets
Latest reports show what keeps the world’s economic policymakers awake at night
Population trends are too complicated to be categorised as economic destiny but neither can they be ignored
World Bank cuts this year’s global growth forecast to 3.2% as IMF warns over private debt pile
IMF expected to downgrade forecasts as price pressures mount and confidence slips
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