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The Ten Commandments
Unbeknownst to the public, Olivier Blanchard and Carlo Cottarelli ascended Mt. Sinai at some point earlier this year. Last week, they came down with...
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Carlo Cottarelli Joins the Announcement Effect Club
You might have missed it yesterday, but during the second meeting of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, IMF Director of...
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Iceland Ash Blanket Settles Over World Economy
Airline traffic may not be the only thing slowed by Iceland’s volcanic eruptions. The slow-moving, fragile economic recovery may take a hit as well...
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IMF Says our Economies are Looking Better, but the Outlook is still Fragile
According to the IMF, we are entering a new phase of the economic and financial crisis: the world has averted a depression, a recovery is taking hold...
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The Need for Reducing Sovereign Debt Risk, according to the IMF
With global recovery underway but still fragile, reducing government (sovereign) debt risk is important, so that global economic recovery can be...
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IMF Paper Outlines Fiscal and Monetary Exit Strategies
The IMF just recently released a new report, Exiting from Crisis Intervention Policies, arguing that as the crisis winds down, it is more important...
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Fiscal Policy Rules: What Works
Last month, the International Monetary Fund released a report identifying successful measures that countries should keep in mind as they cope with...
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IMF World Economic Outlook
The IMF has recently released its monthly World Economic Outlook, the IMF’s premier publication on the state and health of both the global economy and...
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The U.S. Taxpayer and the IMF
For the U.S. taxpayer, last weekend’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings in Turkey were a reminder of the importance of global cooperation to...
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Fiscal Space, Stimulus and Entitlement Cuts
Given the weak economy, how do we balance our need for economic stimulus now with our need to get our fiscal house in order to prevent the age and...