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  • 29 Nov 2024
    • Global Economy
    • IMF
    • BRICS
    • Multilateral Development Banks

    Top jobs must go to the best candidates. International financial institutions should be no different

    Robert Wihtol
    The appointment of a new Asian Development Bank president highlights the need for a shift to competitive and transparent selection of senior management everywhere.
  • 18 Apr 2024
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • IMF
    • Trade

    Economic diplomacy: Made in Australia with new energy

    Greg Earl
    The government wants to manufacture an election winning industry policy that also sounds tough on various foreign partners.
  • 9 Nov 2023
    • Aid & Development
    • IMF
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Sustainability

    Private finance cannot lead the global response to climate change

    Arth Mishra , Connor O’Brien
    Misplaced faith in private sector solutions delays the redistribution of trillions from developed countries and multilateral institutions.
  • 8 Aug 2023
    • Sri Lanka
    • Debt
    • IMF

    Sri Lanka’s deep debt bind

    Mariza Cooray , Roland Rajah
    Imposing losses on domestic creditors essentially imposes losses on the country itself.
  • 12 Jul 2023
    • Global Economy
    • IMF

    Scrapping IMF surcharges is key to cutting debt burden on distressed nations

    Robert Walker , Mariza Cooray , Roland Rajah
    The economic logic of charging beyond lending rates doesn’t add up and also undermines the Fund’s legitimacy.
  • 8 Jun 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Geo-economics
    • IMF
    • United States
    • US Economy

    Economic diplomacy: Duelling D-words to delineate China

    Greg Earl
    Australia seems to be treading carefully around the G7’s agreement to de-risk dependence on the region’s biggest economy.
  • 12 May 2023
    • Global Economy
    • IMF

    Taming international capital flows

    Stephen Grenville
    Emerging economies have borne the brunt of “easy money” economics, but past wisdom is catching up.  
  • 3 May 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF
    • Multilateral Development Banks

    International debt: Time for a global restructuring framework

    Stephen Grenville
    In domestic bankruptcy, a specialised institution settles creditors. Why can’t this be the case for emerging economies?
  • 13 Apr 2023
    • Asia
    • China
    • Global Economy
    • IMF
    • United States

    Economic diplomacy: Counting the cost of decoupling

    Greg Earl
    US-China tensions are disrupting economic links for other countries as new forecasts of slow growth make change harder.
  • 2 Mar 2023
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • IMF
    • Trade
    • WTO

    Economic diplomacy: Arming up for war and trade

    Greg Earl
    Sovereign capability is the government’s answer to an old political trade-off in the face of geoeconomic fragmentation.
  • 8 Feb 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • IMF

    China’s growth prospects after zero-Covid

    Roland Rajah , Robert Walker
    A strong initial rebound perhaps but held back by major downward pressures.
  • 2 Feb 2023
    • China
    • Vietnam
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • IMF
    • Trade

    Economic diplomacy: Diversification is hard to do

    Greg Earl
    Treasurer Jim Chalmers should rise above outdated jibes at the IMF to justify his aims for a new values-based economy.
  • 20 Oct 2022
    • Global Economy
    • IMF
    • Multilateral Development Banks
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Economic diplomacy: The IMF faces a US$ reality check

    Greg Earl
    The Bretton Woods institutions may face existential challenges from the decoupling of the United States and China.
  • 15 Sep 2022
    • Global Economy
    • IMF
    • Transnational Challenges

    Digital finance makes international cooperation even more important

    Jenny Gordon
    In a world without physical cash, differing standards for digital currencies risk creating exclusionary trade blocs.
  • 27 Jul 2022
    • Sri Lanka
    • Pakistan
    • IMF

    Is Pakistan heeding the warning signs from Sri Lanka?

    Syed Fazl-e-Haider
    Surging prices, shortages, growing debt, a teetering economy. Familiar ingredients point to trouble ahead.
  • 26 Jul 2022
    • Global Economy
    • IMF

    Capital flows to emerging economies

    Stephen Grenville
    The International Monetary Fund’s “free-market” view is questioned by economists, who argue for policy intervention.
  • 1 Jun 2022
    • Global Economy
    • Pacific Islands
    • IMF

    Don’t saddle Pacific Islands with disaster debt

    Luke Fletcher
    It would be immoral for high-emitting countries to put an extra burden on nations suffering more extreme weather events.
  • 5 May 2022
    • Trade
    • Australia's Trade
    • IMF
    • Asean
    • Australia

    Economic diplomacy: Trade shifts challenge a new government

    Greg Earl
    “Friendshoring” offers a half-way house between reshoring production and diversifying markets in a deglobalising world.
  • 21 Apr 2022
    • Global Economy
    • G20
    • IMF
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Economic diplomacy: After Ukraine, the IMF ponders the future

    Greg Earl
    A decoupling world will still need an old-style cooperative rescue service to repair the economic minefields.
  • 24 Mar 2022
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • IMF
    • Russia
    • Technology
    • Ukraine

    Economic diplomacy: Cryptocurrency (quietly) joins a new world order

    Greg Earl
    From Bitcoin to the greenback, beyond Ukraine a battle is also underway in global finance.
  • 27 Jan 2022
    • Australia's Economy
    • IMF
    • Papua New Guinea

    Bitcoin vs the IMF, and other great expectations

    Greg Earl
    A roundup of recent economic events foreshadows a year of flux and reinvention, from Europe to the Pacific.
  • 11 Oct 2021
    • IMF

    A rank index or a politicised process? The IMF and trouble at the top

    Stephen Grenville
    The IMF chief rejects fudging China’s ranking on a flagship index. Her fate won’t change the institution’s character.
  • 12 Apr 2021
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • International Economy
    • Australia's Economy
    • IMF
    • Coronavirus

    Covid recovery, in Australia and the world

    John Edwards
    Drawing from his new Lowy Institute Paper, John Edwards looks at the fallout of the pandemic and where things are going.
  • 11 Feb 2021
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • IMF
    • Australia

    Covid’s long reach upsets the economic pecking order

    Greg Earl
    China’s economy could overtake the US faster than expected but there are also implications for Australia closer to home.
  • 3 Dec 2020
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • Australia's Economy
    • IMF
    • WTO
    • Australia
    • China

    As a national champion departs the scene, a China food fight looms

    Greg Earl
    Picking winners? In this case, one sort of export interest seems to have suffered due to support for another.
  • 22 Oct 2020
    • Global Economy
    • IMF

    The International Monetary Fund and capital flows

    Stephen Grenville
    Bridging free-market doctrine and the need for intervention in emerging economies is still a stretch at the IMF.
  • 28 Apr 2020
    • Global Economy
    • IMF
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • New Zealand

    New Zealand: Running the marathon

    Dick Grant
    Having started well, there’s a lot to happen yet. And so far this race is not a team event, internationally.
  • 16 Mar 2020
    • IMF

    The IMF ponders international capital flows

    Stephen Grenville
    Foreign capital flows without effective debt resolution is like Christianity without the threat of hell.
  • 10 Oct 2019
    • Global Economy
    • IMF
    • WTO
    • Asean

    Economic diplomacy: Auditing globalism, trade woes, ASEAN’s future

    Greg Earl
    Measuring and managing the world economy – and Australia’s place – sees a pushback to a “negative globalism” mantra.
  • 8 Jul 2019
    • Global Economy
    • IMF

    The race to be next IMF chief

    Mike Callaghan
    The old “gentleman’s agreement” will likely hold, with a European to take the top job, settled by a backroom deal.
  • 24 Oct 2018
    • IMF
    • China
    • Pakistan
    • Saudi Arabia

    Pakistan: indebted to China, Saudi Arabia, and IMF

    Adnan Aamir
    Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Kahn slammed the IMF during his election campaign and then sought a bailout - why?
  • 10 Oct 2018
    • IMF

    A balancing act for IMF’s new Chief Economist

    Stephen Grenville
    The challenge will be to find the line in-between economics and diplomacy in an organisation dictated by tradition.
  • 5 Oct 2018
    • IMF
    • Pakistan

    Out of balance: Pakistan’s economic crisis

    Mohib Iqbal
    The solution should be simple: fix the budget and promote sustainable business growth. If only.
  • 25 Oct 2017
    • Global Economy
    • Multilateral Development Banks
    • IMF

    The future role of international financial institutions

    Mike Callaghan
    The international financial system is significantly different to the one that existed when the IMF and World Bank were established.
  • 19 Sep 2017
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF
    • Australia and Asia

    Managing economic risk in Asia: A strategy for Australia

    Stephen Grenville
    Much more active capital-flow management would reduce the likelihood of crisis.
  • 18 Sep 2017
    • Diplomacy
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • IMF
    • Australia and Asia

    Using economic diplomacy to reduce financial risks in Asia

    Roland Rajah
    The IMF will remain important, particularly for dealing with deeper crises. But it risks becoming less central and an increasingly last resort.
  • 19 Jul 2017
    • Global Economy
    • IMF

    How the IMF evaluates the Asian financial crisis

    Stephen Grenville
    The tone of IMF Deputy Managing Director Mitsuhiro Furusawa is one of quiet satisfaction. But a different narrative can be told.
  • 17 Jan 2017
    • IMF

    Why is it so hard for the IMF to accept criticism?

    Stephen Grenville
    The chief criticism is that the IMF is not a 'learning organisation'.
  • 23 Dec 2015
    • Global Economy
    • IMF

    IMF: the hard yards on reform are still to come

    Tristram Sainsbury
  • 21 Dec 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF

    IMF reforms pass Congress but too late to salvage US leadership credentials

    Mike Callaghan
  • 2 Dec 2015
    • Global Economy
    • IMF

    IMF's yuan decision: why it matters and why some are not pleased

    Leon Berkelmans
  • 26 Nov 2015
    • Global Economy
    • G20
    • IMF
    • WTO

    Decoding China's GOOD approach to the G20

    Hannah Wurf
  • 17 Nov 2015
    • Global Economy
    • IMF

    Economist as crusader: Why Blanchard wants to change thinking on capital-flow policy

    Stephen Grenville
  • 31 Aug 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF

    Asian financial markets: Confected panic from professional doomsayers

    Stephen Grenville
  • 20 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF
    • Geo-economics

    History rhymes on Greek debt

    Stephen Grenville
  • 29 Jun 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF

    IMF belatedly rethinks austerity

    Stephen Grenville
  • 24 Jun 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF

    Five points that get lost about the Greek debt crisis

    Leon Berkelmans
  • 27 Apr 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF

    With Greece on the brink, has the IMF learnt its lesson?

    Stephen Grenville
  • 22 Apr 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF

    What to do about weak world growth

    Stephen Grenville
  • 17 Apr 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF

    New World Economic Outlook report is out

    Leon Berkelmans
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