June 11, 2019/Fitch Ratings Elevated tensions between the US and Iran have raised the prospect of disruptions to oil and gas shipments in the Gulf region. Fitch Ratings views a conflict that causes serious disruptions as a tail risk that would have a significant negative impact on budgets in the […]

June 10, 2019 By IMFBlog The tariff disputes roiling markets are a reminder that the global system of free trade, which has delivered so much prosperity, is a fragile one. We all know what happened in the 1930s, when trade wars only served to deepen the misery inflicted by the […]

June 10, 2019/IMF Remarks by IMF Deputy Managing Director Tao Zhang Vilnius, June 10, 2019  Lithuania Thank you, Governor Vasiliauskas, for your welcoming speech and Minister Sapoka for your eloquent remarks outlining the government’s strategy to foster fintech in Lithuania. Thank you as well to the Bank of Lithuania for […]