October 9, 2019/IMFBlog By Romain Duval and Davide Furceri Emerging markets and developing economies have enjoyed good growth over the past two decades. But many countries are still not catching up with the living standards of advanced economies. At current growth rates, it would take more than 50 years for […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Widening Gaps: Regional Inequality within Advanced Economies
October 9, 2019/IMFBlog By John Bluedorn, Weicheng Lian, Natalija Novta, and Yannick Timmer Differences in economic performance between regions within countries can be large and sometimes even larger than between countries. For example, average real GDP per person in the United States is about 90 percent higher than in Slovakia. […]
Inflation Set to Buck its Declining Trend
Culled—Proshare October 9, 2019 By FDC Our survey shows that headline inflation in September is likely to spike to 11.22%. This is coming after three months of consecutive decline. This spike in the general price level would be driven partly by the closure of the Seme border which has resulted […]
