China, the world’s second largest economy, should review its zero-tolerance approach to the pandemic or risk damaging the global recovery, according to the head of International Monetary Fund.Kristalina Georgieva said Beijing should reassess the use of lockdowns to limit the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant since it became …
Read More »Why IMF’s Worries About Cryptocurrencies
The International Monetary Fund is concerned about cryptocurrencies, chiefly because the promising market is growing at a noteworthy pace and regulation is not coping with such a pace.The total market value of all crypto assets surpassed USD 2 trillion in September this year, representing a 10-fold jump from levels seen …
Read More »Banks Raise Concerns Over US Inflation
Officials from some US banks on Tuesday said that there are real concerns about the impact of higher inflation, adding pressure on the Federal Reserve to implement plans to slow down the pace of its tapering at a faster pace.The International Monetary Fund last week warned of intensifying inflationary pressures, …
Read More »IMF To Cut Eurozone Growth Forecast
The International Monetary Fund could be about to cut growth forecasts for the euro area as concerns over the omicron Covid variant and persistently higher inflation grow.The Fund said in October that it expected the euro zone economy to grow by 4.3% in 2022. Now, the institution has warned about …
Read More »Downgrades Of Global Growth Expected Due To Omicron
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, said on Friday that she had already been concerned that the global economic recovery had been losing steam before the emergence of the Omicron variant.There would now likely be some downgrade to global growth forecasts as a result, she added, saying …
Read More »Yellen: Scandal could hamper IMF’s credibility
The United States will review any new developments in Georgieva matter and Biden’s administration calls for institutions to better protect whistle-blowers. U. S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that a scandal over the credibility of rankings of countries’ business climates could hurt confidence in the International Monetary Fund and World …
Read More »IMF warns of crypto impact
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a warning about the growing risks in the expanding cryptocurrency space, including fraud, excess speculation and potential “runs” on seemingly more stable assets, in a report on Tuesday.Crypto in all its forms has been spreading around the globe. Nearly half of the world’s …
Read More »IMF cuts 2021 global growth forecast
The International Monetary Fund is less optimistic about the global economy for 2021, but still sees reasonable growth over the medium term. The World Economic Outlook, published Tuesday, expects global gross domestic product to grow by 5.9% this year; 0.1 percentage point lower than July estimate. For next year, the …
Read More »IMF: USD Likely Overvalued by 8.2% With a Range of 5.2% to 11.2% During 2020
In its recently published External Sector Report, the International Monetary Fund noted that they have assessed the US dollar as likely overvalued by 8.2% with a range of 5.2% to 11.2% during 2020, as reported by Reuters.
Read More »Georgieva: The IMF Keeps its Forecast for Global Growth at 6% in 2021
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Wednesday, July 20, that the IMF’s estimates this month indicate that global growth in 2021 will be about 6 percent, the same as the forecast issued in April, but with some countries growing at a faster pace and some at a slower …
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