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In this case, developing economies include all those that are not classified as advanced economies. Growth in these territories will hold steady at about 4% over the next two years, according to the ...

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In a speech on April 23rd America’s treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, laid out the Trump administration’s vision for the global financial system. Rather than announcing that America was leaving the ...

The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced on topical issues by IMF staff. The series draws mainly from IMF ...