Tag Archives: IMF

Lagarde on debt ceiling, bank liquidity and paths to growth

Posted on January 17, 2013 by macromon

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde talks to Chrystia Freeland, editor of Thomson Reuters Consumer News, about the challenges of regulatory arbitrage, the need to promote job-based economic growth and the dire dangers from the U.S. debt ceiling fight.   – ReutersTV … Continue reading →

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Picture of the Year: For Whom the Can Tolls

Posted on December 31, 2012 by macromon

If there is one picture we’ve posted, and we’ve posted it several times, that encapsulates 2012, it is this one.   Think Ernie as the allegory for the fiscal and monetary policymakers across almost all developed countries. Let’s give them credit … Continue reading →

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Weekly Eurozone Watch

Posted on November 16, 2012 by macromon

Key Data Points German 10-year Bund 2 bps lower; France 10-year 4 bps tighter to the Bund; Ireland 14 bps tighter; Italy  9 bps tighter; Spain 7 bps wider; Portugal  4 bps wider; Greece 50 bps tighter; Large Eurozone banks … Continue reading →

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Back to Wartime Debt Levels

Posted on October 15, 2012 by macromon

The IMF’s World Economic Outlook is out with some great charts and we post one of them right here. Last week the Fund’s managing director,  Christine Lagarde, issued a chilling warning on the global debt overhang, Ms Lagrde had earlier … Continue reading →

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Europe’s Escalating Cycle of Turmoil

Posted on July 16, 2012 by macromon

Great graphic from the IMF,  which nails the policy paralysis in the Eurozone.   Similar, but more rigorous, to the “meet and discuss” cycle  we wrote about last December, Their modus operendi seems to be: meet and discuss, wait for a … Continue reading →

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Slowdown of a Slow Global Economy

Posted on July 16, 2012 by macromon

Markets bettin’ on mo’ stim‘… (click here if video is not observable)

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Italians ask the IMF

Posted on July 10, 2012 by macromon

In this video, the IMF invited Italians to share their biggest worries about Italy’s economy. The IMF’s top economist on Italy, Kenneth Kang, takes questions about unemployment, taxes, and growth as part of the IMF’s annual economic evaluation of Italy’s … Continue reading →

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Japan and the IMF

Posted on July 8, 2012 by macromon

Ahead of the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank, due to take place in Tokyo later this year, this video takes a brief look at 60 years of partnership between Japan and the IMF – International Monetary Fund … Continue reading →

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Charlie Rose: IMF Roundtable on the Global Economy

Posted on April 23, 2012 by macromon

Excellent roundtable on the global economy: The Global Economy with IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde; Anders Borg, Minister for Finance in the Swedish government; Christina Romer, former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama administration; Duvvuri Subbarao, … Continue reading →

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Government Gross Financing Needs

Posted on April 19, 2012 by macromon

The latest data from the IMF’s Fiscal Monitor.  Read it and gulp!  Then fire up the printing presses. Click on the tables to enlarge and for better resolution. (click here if tables are not observable)

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