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STEFANIE STANTCHEVA is the Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy at Harvard and founder and director of the Social Economics Lab.

Sovereign wealth funds have become some of the most powerful players in global finance. They now manage more than $16 ...

The French economy has remained resilient but faces a more challenging environment as headwinds from the Middle East war have started to weigh on activity and higher energy prices have pushed up ...

Our eLibrary offers over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats.

The IMF Executive Board completed the First Review of Ukraine’s 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement, enabling an immediate disbursement of SDR 503 million (about US$690 million). Ukraine ...

Artificial intelligence can boost productivity, create better jobs, and improve public services in sub-Saharan Africa, but ...

The largest disruption to the global oil market in decades should have sent prices soaring. But after spiking at the start of the war in the Middle East, crude prices soon settled in a range of $90 to ...

Economic growth will remain positive in 2026, but slow to 0.6 percent as higher energy prices weigh on consumption. Growth is expected to recover gradually thereafter, with a stronger rebound expected ...

Austria started to slowly recover in 2025 after two years of recession, but the energy shock due to the Middle East conflict is weighing on the outlook. A large and complex banking sector with ...

Washington, DC – July 20, 2026: On July 15, 2026, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Singapore. [1] ...