After the global financial crisis, the monetary-fiscal policy mix was the key to preventing a more severe and persistent ...

Should fiscal policy be used to fight recessions? Most economists would answer that, for normal economic ups and downs, business cycle stabilization should be left to monetary policy and that fiscal ...

The twin deficits hypothesis has long been central to macroeconomic debates, positing that a government’s chronic fiscal deficit may generate or exacerbate a current account deficit. This ...

Fiscal expansion and a shift in Fed policy are shaping risk asset performance, with liquidity trends favoring a rally into February but weakness expected in March. Recent fiscal flows delivered a ...

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The Eurogroup welcomes the political agreement, which was reached in February 2024 on a comprehensive reform of the EU's economic governance framework and looks forward to its timely adoption by the ...

Mr. MOMBRIAL: So good morning or good afternoon or maybe even good evening I think for some of you following us online. I am Nico Mombrial with the IMF’s Communications Department. I am going to be ...