Chile’s Central Bank Governor Rosanna Costa: The government’s multi-year fiscal package has helped to safeguard health, protect incomes and jobs, support credit, and buttress the recovery. (Photo: Central Bank of Chile). Image Credit: IMF May 23, 2022/IMF IMF Country Focus Chile has rapidly recovered from the COVID-19 crisis after a […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Why We Must Resist Geoeconomic Fragmentation—And How
(Image: IMF) May 23, 2022/IMFBlog By Kristalina Georgieva , Gita Gopinath and Ceyla Pazarbasioglu Only international cooperation can address urgent global issues such as fixing shortages of food and other products, eliminating barriers to growth, and saving our climate. As policymakers and business leaders head to Davos, the global economy […]
Social Unrest is Rising, Adding to Risks for Global Economy
(Photo: Johnnyfrs/iStock by Getty Images) CHART OF THE WEEK May 20, 2022/IMFBlog By Philip Barrett After a pause in popular protest during the first year of the pandemic, people are returning to the streets. This year, large and long-running anti-government demonstrations have occurred in some advanced economies where unrest is […]
