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She took to her official Twitter handle to share the development and wrote, “Before the trend… I joined the wall of former Chief Economists of the IMF.” 

<p><span>The IMFC recalls that on March 2, the United Nations General Assembly by a majority of 141 countries adopted the resolution ES-11/1 “Aggression against Ukraine” </span><span>that “deplores in the strongest terms the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine in violation of Article 2 (4) of the Charter” and “demands that the Russian Federation immediately cease its use of force against Ukraine&a...

Despite the large capital outflows during the Covid-19 crisis, emerging economies did not make extensive use of capital controls. Indeed, these have had limited effects on capital outflows, being more effective on inflows. This column shows that macroprudential measures on the financial sector, which are increasingly part of the policy mix, have a positive impact on outflows

<p><span>1. The global economic recovery is continuing. However, new waves of COVID-19 infections and the emergence of new variants are impacting the pace of recovery. Recovery is expected to be asynchronous, partly due to uneven access, delivery and uptake of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics, with an increased likelihood of narrower and uneven macroeconomic policy space. Supply disruptions, supply-demand mismatches, and increased commodity prices, including energy prices, hav...

1. We, the Leaders of the G20, met in Rome on October 30th and 31st, to address today’s most pressing global challenges and to converge (...) [Voltaire Network]

The G-20 leaders on Sunday decided to continue with steps to sustain recovery of the Covid-hit economy and refrain from premature withdrawal of the support measures. Over 2021, global economic activity has been recovering at a solid pace, thanks to the roll-out of vaccines and continued policy support, said the G-20 declaration at the end of the summit meeting which among

Representing the world's leading developed and developing economies, the G20 leaders on Sunday indicated they are against premature withdrawal of support measures initiated by the various countries to boost Covid-hit economy.

Gita Gopinath, IMF’s Chief Economist and Director of the Research Department, intends to leave the Fund in January 2022 and return to Harvard University’s Economics Department as planned when her public service leave ends.

International Monetary Fund Chief Economist and director of the Research Department Gita Gopinath will be leaving the Fund in January 2022, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva announced Oct. 19. The Indian

<p><span>International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva announced today that Gita Gopinath, the Fund’s Chief Economist and Director of the Research Department, intends to leave the Fund in January 2022 and return to Harvard University’s Economics Department as planned when her public service leave ends. Harvard University had extended Ms. Gopinath’s leave of absence on an exceptional basis by one year, which has allowed her to s...