Negotiations to end the conflict in the Middle East are ongoing, but the economic impacts will be felt for some time yet.

IMFBlog is a forum for the views of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and officials on pressing economic and policy ...

The Iran war dominated discussions at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Spring Meetings this week in ...

A report from the International Monetary Fund warns "the global economy is threatened with being thrown off course." European Union Commissioner Marta Kos discusses this grim economic outlook.

In 2026, key market opportunities arise in AI, defense, critical minerals, and renewables amid moderating global GDP growth. Fiscal spending and supply chain realignment offer growth potential.

The International Monetary Fund says the world will suffer an oil shortfall this year – even if the war with Iran were ...

War in the Middle East has upended the world economy, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, warning in a report ...

Globalization continues—the widespread predictions of its death were wildly premature. But this is nothing to celebrate. The current round of globalization is in fact largely the product of “unhealthy ...

What explains the Polish economic success story? We can’t necessarily credit our governments, apart from actions taken in the first years of post-Communism transformation. More recent administrations ...

In 2023, the U.S. experienced a trade deficit of $773 billion, with China as its largest trade creditor. The U.S. trade deficit has steadily grown since 2009, regardless of which party held the ...

Globalization, like capitalist exploitation, is not something new. Capitalism, as Braudel reminds us, has always been global. However, what is certainly new is the form, the context and the strategic ...

Knowledge economy is an economy highly dependent on information availability. Investopedia.com defines knowledge economy as a system of consumption and production, which is based on intellectual ...