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The IMF’s Wasteful Energy Whimper

After consecutive G-20 summit calls to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, the IMF in preparation for its spring gathering completed ...

Poor Countries’ Debt Sustainability Releases

The IMF and World Bank after a lengthy review proposed revisions to the 5-year old debt sustainability analysis (DSA) format ...

The World Bank’s Worst-Case Wallowing

As President Zoellick is increasingly vocal about urging joint international public and private sector anti-crisis action near the end of ...

Export Powerhouses’ Dented Debt Delivery

The IMF’s September Global Financial Stability Review in a somber tone specifically cited the onset of increased emerging market risk ...

Commodities’ Speculative Froth Skimming

In response to France’s call as current G-20 chair for insight and recommendations on the overlap between commodity and financial ...

Debt Managers’ Stockholm Syndrome Symptoms

As European governments individually and collectively scramble to overcome liquidity, rollover and other risks associated with classic debt crises, the ...

The World Bank’s Multi-Polar Disorder Prescription

The World Bank, under the auspices of its chief economist well-known in Chinese policymaking circles, published the first in a ...

The IMF’s Risk Map Detours

The April IMF Global Financial Stability Report highlighted advanced economy bank and sovereign debt overhangs as lingering perils, but also ...

The IMF’s Capital Flow Patrol Patter

Just prior to its April all-member session, the IMF’s policy and strategy arm circulated a draft design for determining the ...

The BIS’s Unsettled Loan Lift

The BIS in its March quarterly publication marked the “end of a high capital inflow period” in Asia and Latin ...

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