International Monetary System

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Will the secular decline in exchange rate and inflation volatility survive COVID-19?

Ethan Ilzetzki, Carmen Reinhart, and Kenneth Rogoff

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Op-Ed

China’s digital currency will rise but not rule

Eswar Prasad

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump adjusts his jacket while standing in the Colonnade of the White House after a Rolling to Remember ceremony honoring the nations veterans and prisoners of war/missing in action (POW/MIA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, May 22, 2020. Trump didn't wear a face mask during most of his tour of Ford Motor Co.'s ventilator facility Thursday, defying the automaker's policies and seeking to portray an image of normalcy even as American coronavirus deaths approach 100,000. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Pool/Sipa USA No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Op-Ed

The decline in America’s financial supremacy just got faster

Adam Triggs

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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Reports

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Report

Has the dollar lost ground as the dominant international currency?

Eswar Prasad

Friday, September 20, 2019

A woman looks at an electronic board showing the recent fluctuations of market indices on the floor of Brazil's B3 Stock Exchange in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 3, 2019. Picture taken April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli - RC157ABDC690

Report

Finance and monetary policy beyond neoliberalism: The way ahead for emerging markets

Rakesh Mohan

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Supporters of Positive Money hold up balloons in front of the Bank of England during a demonstration to demand quantitative easing which favours people instead of large financial institutions, in the City of London, in Britain November 3, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls - LR1ECB30V9J9T

International Monetary System

Unconventional monetary policies in the euro area, Japan, and the United Kingdom

Giovanni Dell’Ariccia, Pau Rabanal, and Damiano Sandri

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

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Global Economy

10 years after the financial crisis: Uneven progress and some structural disconnects

Karim Foda and Eswar Prasad

Thursday, September 6, 2018

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Monetary Policy

Oh, what a tangled web we weave: Monetary policy transparency in divisive times

Jon Faust

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Blog Posts

Future Development

COVID-19 uncertainty and the IMF

Douglas A. Rediker and Heidi Crebo-Rediker

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

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Up Front

What macroprudential policies are countries using to help their economies through the COVID-19 crisis?

Sigriður Benediktsdóttir, Greg Feldberg, and Nellie Liang

Monday, April 6, 2020

Up Front

A practical solution for Europe to fight COVID-19

Antonio Garcia Pascual

Monday, March 30, 2020

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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks at the Women's Forum Americas, at Claustro de Sor Juana University in Mexico City, Mexico, May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Romero - RC1CD59F6400

Podcast Episode

How will Christine Lagarde lead the European Central Bank?

Douglas A. Rediker

Thursday, July 4, 2019

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Reports

In Good Times Prepare for Crisis: Lessons from the history of debt crises

How to reform the global monetary system: A pathway to action

Gaining currency: The rise of the renminbi

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