Increased trade integration helped fuel a spectacular rise in global living standards. Lower trade costs increased global GDP ...

Economists have long helped shape policy by offering analysis to guide decisions on trade, taxation, regulation, and economic ...

The EU has sought to diversify access to critical minerals through trade agreements. But these remain vulnerable to a ...

When controlled by a select few, tech innovation can be self-serving and undermine the institutions that make it possible, ...

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mr. César Serra, visited Muscat, Oman, during May 21-29, 2025, to discuss economic and financial developments, the outlook, and the coun ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Article IV Consultation for Cyprus and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting ...

But Europe’s postpandemic recovery has run out of steam, and stagnant productivity is dragging down medium-term growth prospects. Countries face significant strains on public finances, with rising ...

A second strategy for raising a country’s competitiveness is to reduce the price of its exports, which raises export sales volume. In countries with widespread collective bargaining, this can be done ...

Andreas Adriano profiles Agustín Carstens, finance minister, head of the BIS, and central banker with a start-up mentality ...

More than a quarter century after The Economist first dubbed Germany the “sick man of Europe,” the label applies again. And this time, the illness is a chronic condition, requiring a long-term ...

Macao, a special administrative region of China, is one of only a handful of places in the world where different commercial banks issue their own versions of the same banknotes.

Growth and Resilience of Central, Eastern and Southeastern European Countries in a Fragmented World”, organized jointly by the Croatian National Bank (CNB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ...