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WEO October 2021 Report: Downside Risks to a Robust Global Recovery

October 13, 2021/Proshare by FBNQuest Research The IMF’s World Economic Outlook which was published yesterday (titled Recovery During a Pandemic) has a more sombre tone than its update report in July. The Fund cut its global growth projection by 10bps to 5.9% for this year but kept its FY ’22 forecast […]

U.S. Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy

October 12, 2021/US Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard H. Clarida At the 2021 Institute of International Finance Annual Membership Meeting: Sustainable Economic Growth and Financial Stability in a Diverging, Decarbonizing, Digitizing, Indebted World It is my pleasure to meet virtually with you today at the 2021 Institute of International Finance […]

Statement by the IMF Executive Board on Its Review on the Investigation of the World Bank’s Doing Business 2018 Report

October 11, 2021/IMF The IMF Executive Board met today to conclude its review of the matter raised by WilmerHale’s investigation of the World Bank’s Doing Business 2018 report. This was the eighth such Board meeting on this matter, as part of the Executive Board’s commitment to a thorough, objective, and timely review. […]