(Credit: Jeenah Moon/IMF Photo) February 20, 2025/IMFBlog By Topias Leino and Maja Gavrilovic Global foreign direct investment grew again in 2023 after declining the previous year. Inward direct investment climbed $1.75 trillion, or 4.4 percent, reaching a record $41 trillion, according to the IMF’s latest Coordinated Direct Investment Survey, which provides […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
How Healthy are U.S. Households’ Balance Sheets?
February 19, 2025/US Federal Reserve By Vice Chair Philip N. Jefferson Thank you, Professor Ho for that kind introduction and for the opportunity to talk to the Vassar community.1 I am happy to be back on campus. As a teenager in Washington, D.C., I had the very good fortune that […]
For a Successful Integration, Africa Needs An Operating System Update
Beyond physical infrastructure, Africa’s integration requires modern software upgrades: the systems, policies, and institutional frameworks that power trade across borders February 19, 2025 By Amadou Hott, Senegal’s official nominee for the position of President of the African Development Bank, Former Minister of Economy and planning, Senegal Ask any traveler about […]
