2024年4月16日 · IMF loans are often accompanied by mandated economic reforms. These conditions can include controversial adjustments like fiscal austerity measures, privatization and interest rate hikes. Many of the mandated reforms have been criticized, with detractors arguing that the conditions can harm the public and are not fair to developing countries.

2024年5月14日 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no …

(2) Equally important, the IMF failed to prioritise a strategy for Greece to regain competitiveness. The programme initially made a correct diagnosis of Greece’s major competitiveness problem. The problem was a result of the pre-crisis Ponzi scheme with ever-increasing deficits financing higher public salaries and rising pensions.

2024年10月21日 · The upcoming IMF and World Bank meetings provide a crucial platform for leaders to address pressing global economic challenges. Despite signs of optimism, fragile economic growth remains hampered by inflation, high debt and political uncertainty.

2024年5月15日 · The IMF's report urges financial firms to boolster their cybersecurity capacity through efforts such as stress testing and information-sharing arrangements, among other recommendations. Moreover, the IMF calls on authorities to develop appropriate and adequate national cybersecurity strategies that are accompanied by regulatory frameworks.

2024年10月25日 · The IMF recently raised Brazil’s growth forecast for this year to 3.0%, marking the largest upward revision among major economies. The Bank of Canada cut its key benchmark rate by 50 basis points to 3.75% on Wednesday, its first larger-than-usual move in over four years, reports Al Jazeera.

2020年2月19日 · Data from the IMF shows India has risen to become the world’s fifth largest economy, when ranked by nominal GDP. India, in this ranking, has leapfrogged France and the UK. Despite its growth, challenges remain, from sustainability to infrastructure.

In 2021, global debt reached a record $303 trillion, a further jump from what was record global debt in 2020 of $226 trillion, as reported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its Global Debt Database. This was the biggest one-year debt …

2024年12月9日 · The 2025 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum takes place from 20-24 January in Davos, Switzerland. The meeting convenes under the title Collaboration for the Intelligent Age, accessible to the wider public with livestreamed sessions and an overview of the themes is available on the dedicated event website.

2024年5月14日 · The IMF also predicts the world economy will see less “economic scarring” from the multiple consecutive crises of the past four years, including the trade impact of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, which pushed up energy and food prices leading to high interest rates. The organization suggests the US economy has already overcome the ...