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Christine Lagarde of the IMF gave a speech on the new mediocrity at Georgetown University, and she also spoke with Bloomberg's Tom Keene on Thursday.
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Among the world's poorest nations, Liberia has not nearly enough economic resources to battle the Ebola outbreak.
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ThinkstockIsrael has an outsized effect on world politics for a nation the gross domestic product (GDP) of which is not among the 40 largest in the world. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) puts...
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By International Monetary Fund [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsBarely masked in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) downgrade of U.S. GDP growth for 2014 was a warning. Without policy...
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By International Monetary Fund [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its GDP growth forecast for the U.S. economy from 2.8% to 2.0%. The IMF also forecast...
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ThinkstockGreece reportedly will announce a long-term bond sale as soon as Wednesday, the first time it has had access to capital markets since March 2010. But the question to ask is, is it too soon?...
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By International Monetary Fund [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released its updated 2014 to 2015 economic outlook. The good news is that the group has...
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Ukraine faces a default on some of its sovereign bonds as the political upheaval in the country has caused a rift with Russia. Russian leadership believes a new government in Ukraine might form...
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ThinkstockThe global economy will expand at 3.7% this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast in its latest World Economic Outlook, released Tuesday. That is up from a 3.6% forecast back...
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ThinkstockEurope’s economy has shown unexpected resilience, and it may even be recovering from a deep recession, according to PMI data from Markit that covers July, Since the EU economy is the...
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The Joint G20 Finance and Labour Ministers’ Meeting gathered in Russia recently. The most important statement by the group indicated that first among the priorities of the G20 is new stimulus...
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ThinkstockThe austerity versus stimulus battle flamed up again as the Greek parliament approved massive layoffs of public workers. Now, the proponents of cost cuts in financially weakened nations...
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ThinkstockAngela Merkel is likely to be elected to a third term as Chancellor of Germany, an office she has held since 2005. If she does win, the nation’s leverage in the fight for austerity...
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By International Monetary Fund [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsBarely buried in the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast for global growth was the prediction for U.S. gross domestic...
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ThinkstockThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released its newest forecasts for global growth in its World Economic Outlook (WEO), and the expectation is that emerging markets are going to lead...
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