April 2, 2021/IMFBlog by Federico J. Díez, Romain Duval, Chiara Maggi and Nicola Pierri The pandemic has hit small and medium enterprises particularly hard, partly because they are predominant in some contact-intensive sectors like hotels, restaurants, and entertainment. As a result, many advanced economies risk experiencing a wave of liquidations […]

April 2, 2021/Fitch Ratings Bankruptcies of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are set to rise significantly in 2021 and 2022 once policy support, forbearance and social distancing restrictions are scaled back globally, Fitch Ratings says. However, we expect fewer bankruptcies than in previous crises. So far there have been far […]

April 2, 2021/IMF Weekend Read Special Edition Welcome to a special edition briefing of the Weekend Read on the 2021 Spring Meetings.  In this issue we focus on Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva’s curtain raiser speech ahead of the convening on why we need to give everyone a fair shot, the launch […]