Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation Since the Global Financial Crisis, fiscal policy in advanced economies has become more “active” – that is, increasingly ...

Last year, the U.S. economy grew at a faster rate than any other large, advanced economy. It looks like it will do so again this year. Crediting fiscal stimulus for the current economy misses two ...

The conference, jointly organized by the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the IMF Economic Review, focused on new global challenges for international fiscal and monetary ...

For 40 years, investors lived by a simple rule: Don’t Fight the Fed. If you could anticipate the interest-rate cycle, you held the key to the business cycle. Tightening meant slowdown, easing meant ...

The simplest large country IS/LM/BP model (Mundell-Fleming Model) predicts that an increase in Government spending in the US would cause an increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for countries with ...

You’ve probably heard mentions of fiscal policy. It’s often a hot topic in Washington, but the term is a broad one that can mean a number of different things. In general, it refers to the federal ...

Bangladesh emerged strongly from the COVID 19 pandemic. But persistent inflation, a balance of payments deficit, and financial sector vulnerabilities have hampered post pandemic recovery. Urgent ...

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The prospect of rising U.S. budget deficits and public debt load worries fixed-income investors concerned about the potential impact on interest rates. But the swelling debt is unlikely to drive ...

While much of the nation deals with the severe cold, I received this note from a new loan officer in Oklahoma. “Rob, I overheard my secondary group talking about a ‘PITA’ price adjustment. I didn’t ...