Making Small Beautiful Again: The Challenge of SME Problem Loans in Europe
By Yan Liu, Kenneth Kang, Dermot Monaghan, and Wolfgang Bergthaler Six years after the global financial crisis, Europe continues to be weighed down by high levels of corporate debt and millions of...
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By Ratna Sahay, Martin Čihák, and Papa N’Diaye The world still lives in the shadow of the global financial crisis that began in the United States in 2008. The U.S. experience shone a spotlight on the...
View ArticleCross-Country Analysis of Housing Finance and Real Estate Booms
By Eugenio Cerutti, Jihad Dagher, and Giovanni Dell’Ariccia Housing finance—considered one of the villains of the recent global financial crisis—was seen, at least until recently, as a vehicle for...
View ArticleCountries in the IMF Financial Spotlight in 2017
By iMFdirect The IMF will assess a range of financial systems in 2017: large ones such as China and Japan, medium-sized ones like Luxembourg, Spain, and Turkey, and small ones such as Guyana and...
View ArticleThe Case for Fiscal Policy to Support Structural Reforms
By Angana Banerji, Era Dabla-Norris, Romain Duval, and Davide Furceri Versions in 中文 (Chinese), Français (French),Deutsch (German), Русский (Russian), and Español (Spanish) Many advanced countries need...
View ArticleChart of the Week: Ireland’s Fight Against Income Inequality
By IMFBlog June 30, 2017 Shoppers in Dublin, Ireland: the country has high income inequality, before taxes and transfers (photo: Caro Rupert Oberhaeuser/Newscom) Ireland’s economy continues to recover...
View ArticleA Framework for Currency Unions and IMF Lending
By Sean Hagan and Hugh Bredenkamp March 16, 2018 Versions in عربي (Arabic), 中文 (Chinese), Español (Spanish), 日本語 (Japanese), Português (Portuguese) New guidance approved by the IMF represents an...
View ArticleThe Long-Term Impact of Brexit on the European Union
By Jiaqian Chen, Christian Ebeke, Li Lin, Haonan Qu, and Jesse Siminitz August 10, 2018 Versions in Español, Français, Português A container ship entering the Port of Marseille, France: The UK is among...
View ArticleA New Social Contract
By Camilla Lund Andersen November 30, 2018 (photo: Michael Waraksa) As the world seeks to address the rise of populism and nationalism, it is becoming clear that economic insecurity lies at the heart...
View ArticleDo the Math: Include Women in Government Budgets
Zohra Khan and Lisa Kolovich Español, Português Every day, women around the world experience less opportunity than men in education and employment, and less political representation. While many...
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