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 […]

(Illustration: Ben Ferguson) December 2, 2021/IMFBlog By Gita Bhatt The Economics of Health and Well-Being (imf.org) Just as good health—mental and physical—is fundamental to individual well-being, public health is fundamental to stable, cohesive societies. That is the lesson we must take from the COVID-19 pandemic. The inextricable link between human and economic health is […]