- — US disinflation may slow, but Fed goals still intact, IMF’s Georgieva says
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at 4/1/25 3:00pmInternational Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the disinflation process may slow a bit in 2025, but not enough to alter the Federal Reserves goals of returning to its 2% target in 2026. Georgieva told a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker event that recent high-frequency data showed inflation expectations in February were a little higher than ...- — R&D spending growth slows in OECD, surges in China; government support for energy and defence R&D rises sharply
- at 3/31/25 3:00pmResearch and experimental development (RD) expenditure in the OECD area grew by 2.4% in inflation-adjusted terms in 2023, down from 3.6% in 2022. Business RD expenditure outpaced other sectors, growing at 2.7% in 2023 and accounted for 74% of total gross domestic expenditure on RD (GERD) in the OECD area, up from 66% in 2010. ...
- — ’Nimble, dynamic’ Cyprus economy may grow 2.5% this year, IMF says
- at 3/28/25 4:00pmCyprus has a nimble and dynamic economy that should grow about 2.5% this year, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday, while it added that the island should resist any temptation to loosen fiscal policy. The east Mediterranean island required a bailout from the IMF in 2013 after fiscal slippage and heavy exposure to Greece, ...
- — IMF assessing Trump tariff plans but does not see US recession
- at 3/27/25 12:00pmThe International Monetary Fund is continuing to assess the impact of President Donald Trumps tariff plans, including his new 25% autos tariffs, but the IMFs baseline forecasts do not envision a U.S. recession, IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack said on Thursday. Kozack, asked about Trumps tariff plans at a regular IMF press briefing, said if sustained, ...
- — Higher and more expensive sovereign and corporate debt risks restricting capacity to finance future investment needs
- at 3/20/25 4:00pmGovernments and companies borrowed USD 25 trillion from markets in 2024, which is USD 10 trillion more compared to the pre-COVID period, and nearly three times the amount raised in 2007, according to a new OECD report. The OECD Global Debt Report 2025: Financing Growth in a Challenging Debt Market Environment shows that debt levels ...
- — Global economic outlook uncertain as growth slows, inflationary pressures persist and trade policies cloud outlook
- at 3/17/25 4:00pmThe global economy has been resilient in 2024, but some signs of weakness are appearing against a backdrop of slower growth, lingering inflation and an uncertain policy environment, according to the OECD’s latest Interim Economic Outlook. The Outlook projects global growth slowing to 3.1% in 2025 and 3.0% in 2026, with important differences across countries ...
- — OECD cuts UK growth forecasts as Reeves readies budget update
- at 3/17/25 4:00pmBritains economy will grow more slowly than previously expected in 2025 and 2026 as global growth is hit by uncertainty, the OECD said on Monday, underscoring the challenge facing finance minister Rachel Reeves in her budget update speech next week. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development lowered its forecast for British growth this year ...
- — G20 GDP growth continues at a stable pace in the fourth quarter of 2024
- at 3/13/25 4:00pmGross domestic product (GDP) in the G20 area rose by 0.9% in the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase similar to the previous quarter,1 according to provisional estimates (Figure 1). Quarterly G20 GDP growth rates remained relatively stable over the past two years, ranging between 0.6 and 1.0% (Table 1). However, the picture was mixed ...
- — OECD unemployment rate broadly stable at 4.8% in January 2025
- at 3/13/25 12:00pmThe OECD unemployment rate remained broadly stable at its record low of 4.8% in January 2025. This record low was first reached in March 2023 and the unemployment rate has remained close to this level ever since. Compared with December 2024, January unemployment rates were unchanged in 19 OECD countries, declined in 11, and rose ...
- — Central Europe’s economies face risks from slowing trade, tariffs, IMF warns
- at 3/11/25 4:00pmCentral Europe’s export-dependent economies face risks from slowing world trade growth and tariff threats, which could be mitigated with reforms and the removal of remaining trade barriers in the EU, the International Monetary Fund said. Central European nations are among the European Union’s most reliant on foreign trade, with exports as a share of output ...
- — OECD headline inflation at 4.7% in January 2025 for the third month in a row
- at 3/5/25 3:00pmYear-on-year inflation in the OECD, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), remained at 4.7% in January 2025, the same rate as in November and December 2024. Among OECD countries, headline inflation rose in 15, fell in 10, and was stable or broadly stable in about one third of countries. The largest inflation increases, ...
- — G20 merchandise trade declines while services trade shows mixed performance in Q4 2024
- at 2/28/25 4:00amG20 merchandise trade declined in Q4 2024, as measured in current US dollars, with exports and imports falling by 0.6% and 1.0%, respectively, compared with Q3 2024. Preliminary estimates indicate a mixed picture for G20 trade in services,1 with exports increasing by 1.5% in Q4 2024 and imports remaining stable (Figures 1 and 2). In ...
- — What are the IMF and World Bank, and what happens if the US pulls support?
- at 2/27/25 3:00pmAlarm is rising over Washingtons potential withdrawal from global institutions, including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, with the no-show of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at G20 meetings adding to anxiety. So what are the IMF and World Bank and what happens if the United States pulls back from them? WHAT DO ...
- — OECD unemployment rate remains stable at 4.9% in 2024 and December 2024
- at 2/13/25 3:00pmThe annual unemployment rate was broadly stable in the OECD in 2024, at 4.9%, with record lows in Costa Rica, Israel, and the Slovak Republic. The OECD unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.9% in December 2024, having been at or just below 5.0% throughout 2024 (Figure 1 and Table 1). Compared with November, December unemployment ...
- — Growth in real household income remains subdued in third quarter of 2024
- at 2/12/25 4:00amReal household income per capita in the OECD increased by 0.2% in the third quarter of 2024, while real GDP per capita grew by 0.3%, both unchanged from the previous quarter. Most OECD countries experienced an increase in real household income per capita in Q3 2024. Of the 19 countries for which data is available, ...
- — Too early to see impact of US tariffs on world economy, IMF head says
- at 2/11/25 11:00amU.S. tariffs are an evolving story and it is too early to assess their impact on the world economy, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Tuesday. It is an evolving story What we have are elements of trade policy that we expected would come, that was announced in the election campaign, but ...
- — IMF expects BOJ to raise rates again this year, eye neutral level by end-2027
- at 2/7/25 3:00pmThe Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates again this year and see borrowing costs reach levels deemed neutral to the economy by the end of 2027, a senior International Monetary Fund official said on Thursday. While there is significant uncertainty around the estimates, the IMF sees Japans neutral rate to be in ...
- — Year-on-year OECD headline inflation stable at 4.7% in December 2024
- at 2/7/25 4:00amYear-on-year inflation in the OECD, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), was stable at 4.7% in December 2024 compared with November (Figures 1 and 2). Headline inflation rose in 18 of 38 OECD countries, with the largest increases, by 0.7 percentage point (p.p.) or more, in Latvia, Costa Rica, Hungary, Lithuania, and Japan. ...
- — Greece’s economy projected to grow 2.1% in 2025, IMF says
- at 1/30/25 3:00pmGreeces economy is projected to grow 2.1% in 2025, mainly driven by investment, the International Monetary Fund mission said on Thursday, adding that any crisis in major euro area countries as well as global uncertainties could hamper growth. This compares with a Greek government forecast of 2.3% for this year In the medium term, growth ...
- — World inflation not fully defeated yet, IMF’s Georgieva says
- at 1/24/25 11:00amGlobal policymakers have made remarkable progress in tackling inflation without inducing a recession, but some work remains to be done, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in Davos. The head of the genie is in the bottle, most of the body of the genie is in the bottle, kind of getting stuck there, ...
- — As One Cycle Ends, Another Begins Amid Growing Divergence
- at 1/22/25 4:00amWe project global growth will remain steady at 3.3 percent this year and next, broadly aligned with potential growth that has substantially weakened since before the pandemic. Inflation is declining, to 4.2 percent this year and 3.5 percent next year, in a return to central bank targets that will allow further normalization of monetary policy. ...
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