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Blow, Bling and Bucks: IMF Work Against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
By Jody Myers (Version in Français) Drug traffickers, diamond smugglers, and terrorists’ financiers around the world have one thing in common: they abuse the financial system to “clean” the proceeds...
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U.S. Fiscal Policy: A Tough Balancing Act
By Deniz Igan (Version in Español) Much has changed on the fiscal front since we started worrying about U.S. fiscal sustainability. The federal government budget deficit has fallen sharply in recent...
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Japan’s Three Arrows―Will They Fly?
By Jerry Schiff (Versions in 日本語l and 中文) Discussions in Japan of the “three arrows” of Abenomics—the three major components of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic plan to reflate the economy—are...
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Unleashing Brazil’s Growth
By Martin Kaufman and Mercedes García-Escribano (Version in Español and Português) Since the early 2000s, Brazil’s economy has grown at a robust clip, with growth in 2010 reaching 7.5 percent—its...
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Turkey: How To Boost Growth Without Increasing Imbalances
by Isabel Rial, Suchanan Tambunlertchai, and Alexander Tieman (Version in Türk) Turkey has received well-deserved praise for its growth performance over the last decade. Yet along with this success...
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Era of Benign Neglect of House Price Booms is Over
By Min Zhu (Versions in عربي, Español, 日本語, 中文, Français, and Русский) House prices are inching up. But is this a cause for much cheer? Or are we watching the same movie again? Recall how after a...
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Managing Housing Market Risks in the United Kingdom
By Ruy Lama House prices are rising rapidly in the UK at an annual rate of 10.5 percent. House price inflation is particularly high in London (20 percent per year), and it is gradually accelerating in...
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Top Five Policy Priorities to Brighten America’s Economic Future
By Deniz Igan (version in Español) There was a time in the not-so-distant past when science fiction could make us look forward to a better world. We had uplifting visions of the future in shows like...
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Turkey’s Recipe to Escape the Middle-Income Trap
By Gregorio Impavido and Uffe Mikkelsen (Version in Türk) Turkey is going through a time of economic transition, with slowing growth that risks the country being caught in a “middle-income trap,”...
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How Can Egypt Achieve Economic Stability and Better Living Standards Together?
By Christopher Jarvis (Version in عربي) Egypt currently faces what may seem to be conflicting objectives. On the one hand, there’s an urgent need to restore economic stability—by achieving lower budget...
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Seizing India’s Moment
By iMFdirect As many countries around the world are grappling with low growth, India has been marching in the opposite direction. The IMF’s Managing Director Christine Lagarde gave a speech at Lady...
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U.S. Fiscal Policy: A Tough Balancing Act
By Deniz Igan (Version in Español) Much has changed on the fiscal front since we started worrying about U.S. fiscal sustainability. The federal government budget deficit has fallen sharply in recent...
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Japan’s Three Arrows―Will They Fly?
By Jerry Schiff (Versions in 日本語l and 中文) Discussions in Japan of the “three arrows” of Abenomics—the three major components of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic plan to reflate the economy—are...
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Unleashing Brazil’s Growth
By Martin Kaufman and Mercedes García-Escribano (Version in Español and Português) Since the early 2000s, Brazil’s economy has grown at a robust clip, with growth in 2010 reaching 7.5 percent—its...
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Turkey: How To Boost Growth Without Increasing Imbalances
by Isabel Rial, Suchanan Tambunlertchai, and Alexander Tieman (Version in Türk) Turkey has received well-deserved praise for its growth performance over the last decade. Yet along with this success...
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Era of Benign Neglect of House Price Booms is Over
By Min Zhu (Versions in عربي, Español, 日本語, 中文, Français, and Русский) House prices are inching up. But is this a cause for much cheer? Or are we watching the same movie again? Recall how after a...
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Managing Housing Market Risks in the United Kingdom
By Ruy Lama House prices are rising rapidly in the UK at an annual rate of 10.5 percent. House price inflation is particularly high in London (20 percent per year), and it is gradually accelerating in...
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Top Five Policy Priorities to Brighten America’s Economic Future
By Deniz Igan (version in Español) There was a time in the not-so-distant past when science fiction could make us look forward to a better world. We had uplifting visions of the future in shows like...
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Turkey’s Recipe to Escape the Middle-Income Trap
By Gregorio Impavido and Uffe Mikkelsen (Version in Türk) Turkey is going through a time of economic transition, with slowing growth that risks the country being caught in a “middle-income trap,”...
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How Can Egypt Achieve Economic Stability and Better Living Standards Together?
By Christopher Jarvis (Version in عربي) Egypt currently faces what may seem to be conflicting objectives. On the one hand, there’s an urgent need to restore economic stability—by achieving lower budget...
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