December 3, 2021 By Milica Kostic, Content Specialist If your line of work or scope of interest has had anything to do with investing, banking, or cryptocurrency over the last decade, chances are that you’ve come across the term “blockchain,” the innovative database technology behind Bitcoin and nearly all other […]

An ancient town in the M’Zab Valley. Algeria’s economy is making a gradual recovery from the pandemic. (photo: Leonid Andronov.) IMF COUNTRY FOCUS December 3, 2021/IMF By Mahmoud Harb IMF Middle East and Central Asia Department The Algerian economy is gradually recovering from the initial impact of the pandemic and […]

(PHOTO: UNSPLASH) December 3, 2021/IMFBlog By Tobias Adrian and Gita Gopinath With inflationary pressures intensifying and Omicron generating new uncertainties, monetary policymakers are facing new and challenging tradeoffs. The resurgence of the pandemic and the latest variant, Omicron, have sharply increased uncertainty around global economic prospects. This comes as several countries grapple with […]