(Credit: Kajdi Szabolcs/iStock by Getty Images) April 8, 2024/IMFBlog By Mehdi Benatiya Andaloussi, Nina Biljanovska, Alessia De Stefani, and Rui Mano Central banks have raised interest rates significantly over the past two years to combat post-pandemic inflation. Many thought this would lead to a slowdown in economic activity. Yet, global growth has […]

(Credit: da-kuk/iStock by Getty Images) April 8, 2024/IMFBlog By Charles Cohen, Caio Ferreira, Fabio Natalucci, Nobuyasu Sugimoto The private credit market, in which specialized non-bank financial institutions such as investment funds lend to corporate borrowers, topped $2.1 trillion globally last year in assets and committed capital. About three-quarters of this was in the […]

April 5, 2024/FBNQuest Research The World Bank, in its recent publication of the Food Security report, provided an outlook on agricultural commodities globally. Specifically, the report provides current developments and expectations for the global agricultural market and highlights regional peculiarities. Citing severe food insecurity in some regions, particularly in Africa, […]