April 15, 2020/IMFBlog By Chang Yong Rhee This is a crisis like no other. It is worse than the Global Financial Crisis, and Asia is not immune. While there is huge uncertainty about 2020 growth prospects, and even more so about the 2021 outlook, the impact of the coronavirus on […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Spring Meetings for Funds to Fight off the Virus – FBNQuest
April 15, 2020/Hill+Knowlton Strategies The fiscal and monetary firepower of the Nigerian authorities to resist the coronavirus is limited, as we noted last week, although the CBN is to make a sizeable contribution from its own balance sheet. Attention has therefore shifted to this week’s spring meetings of the IMF […]
Fiscal Policies to Contain the Damage from COVID-19
April 15, 2020/IMFBlog By Vitor Gaspar, W. Raphael Lam, and Mehdi Raissi In times of pandemic, fiscal policy is key to save lives and protect people. Governments have to do whatever it takes. But they must make sure to keep the receipts. The Fiscal Monitor shows how policymakers can offer […]
