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Achieving China’s Great Promise 8 Aug 2013 | 08:29 pm
By Murtaza Syed Anticipation of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s exit from quantitative easing has dominated headlines in recent weeks. Half a world away, less conspicuously, but no less importantly, China...
Japan’s Three Arrows―Will They Fly? 5 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
By Jerry Schiff Discussions in Japan of the “three arrows” of Abenomics—the three major components of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic plan to reflate the economy—are rampant among its citizens ....
The U.S. Housing Market’s Road to Recovery 1 Aug 2013 | 07:48 pm
By Jarkko Turunen A year ago, we were very concerned about lingering weakness in the U.S. housing market, which we saw as a major obstacle to the economic recovery. But what a difference a year make...
U.S. Fiscal Policy: A Tough Balancing Act 30 Jul 2013 | 07:38 pm
By Deniz Igan Much has changed on the fiscal front since we started worrying about U.S. fiscal sustainability. The federal government budget deficit has fallen sharply in recent years―from almost 12 ...
The Times They are a-Changin’: will (fiscal) history repeat itself? 24 Jul 2013 | 11:00 pm
By Carlo Cottarelli Recent political and social unrest in some emerging and developing countries may have idiosyncratic features. But they also have a common denominator: a yearning for more equality...
Fixing the Financial Sector: A Change the UK must Bank On 17 Jul 2013 | 10:07 pm
By Krishna Srinivasan The UK economy is a long way from a strong and durable recovery. Growth has been flat for more than two years now, per capita income is about 7 percent below its pre-crisis peak...
Global Outlook—Still Three Speeds, But Slower 10 Jul 2013 | 04:59 am
By Olivier Blanchard Today we released our update of the World Economic Outlook. The world economy remains in 3-speed mode. Emerging markets are still growing rapidly. The US recovery is steady. ...
Strengthening the Foundations for Fiscal Policymaking: A New Fiscal Transparency Code 3 Jul 2013 | 08:48 pm
By Min Zhu In the last two decades, countries have come a long way in shedding greater light on their public finances. The global economic crisis has reminded us, however, that we need to do more to ...
For Richer, Not Poorer: Energy Subsidies in India 24 Jun 2013 | 11:55 pm
By David Coady and Thomas Richardson* Many countries seek to protect poorer households by subsidizing the consumption of fuel products. However, recent IMF research shows that fuel subsidies are both...
F&D Magazine: A Mother’s Example 17 Jun 2013 | 07:45 pm
By: Jeffrey Hayden, Editor-in-Chief Nazareth College was my second home. As a child, I spent countless evenings roaming the small liberal arts college in Rochester, N.Y., where my mother headed the of...
