Macro-Fiscal and Fiscal Councils Network in Latin America and the Caribbean Santiago, Chile, June 3-4, 2025 ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Daniel Leigh, conducted discussions for the 2025 Article IV Consultation with the Brazilian authorities and consulted with other stakeholders during ...

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 ...

Not many places match the European Union for quality of life. Its workers enjoy more time off than in many other regions, yet their living standards are among the highest. Its core values of ...

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

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 ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Lone Christiansen and comprising Thomas Elkjaer, Gee Hee Hong, Yueling Huang, Alain Kabundi, and Sylwia Nowak, conducted discussions for the 2025 ...

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 ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved today a two-year arrangement for Costa Rica under the Flexible Credit Line (FCL) in an amount equivalent to SDR 1.1082 billion ...

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