(Credit: Alfribeiro/iStock by Getty Images) July 23, 2024/IMFBlog By Kristalina Georgieva The global economy is stuck in low gear, which could deal a major blow to the fight against poverty and inequality. Group of Twenty finance ministers and central-bank governors gathering this week in Rio de Janeiro face a sobering […]

(Credit: hasan zaidi/iStock via Getty Images) IMF COUNTRY FOCUS July 22, 2024/IMF Qatar continues to enjoy economic gains after hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which boosted its global profile. Visitor arrivals in 2023 were nearly twice pre-pandemic levels, and tourism this year reached new heights. Hosting the World Cup […]

(Credit: Viktor-Gladkov/iStock by Getty Images) July 22, 2024/IMFBlog By Tobias Adrian, Fabio Natalucci, and Jason Wu In our blog at the beginning of this year, we flagged that emerging markets were navigating high global interest rate volatility. We also noted that while emerging markets have thus far remained resilient, rising uncertainty […]