International Monetary Fund – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 22 Nov 2024 13:20:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 IMF head says global economy facing long climb to recovery https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/imf-head-says-global-economy-facing-long-climb-to-recovery/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/imf-head-says-global-economy-facing-long-climb-to-recovery/#respond Tue, 06 Oct 2020 04:34:36 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/imf-head-says-global-economy-facing-long-climb-to-recovery/ The head of the International Monetary Fund says that the global economy has started on a long climb to stronger growth with prospects looking a little better than four months ago. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Tuesday that global economic activity suffered an unprecedented fall in the spring when 85 per cent of the […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/imf-head-says-global-economy-facing-long-climb-to-recovery/feed/ 0 IMF downgrades outlook for global economy in face of virus https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/imf-downgrades-outlook-for-global-economy-in-face-of-virus/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/imf-downgrades-outlook-for-global-economy-in-face-of-virus/#respond Wed, 24 Jun 2020 05:49:18 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/imf-downgrades-outlook-for-global-economy-in-face-of-virus/ The International Monetary Fund has sharply lowered its forecast for global growth this year because it envisions far more severe economic damage from the coronavirus than it did just two months ago. The IMF predicts that the global economy will shrink 4.9 per cent this year, significantly worse than the three per cent drop it […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/imf-downgrades-outlook-for-global-economy-in-face-of-virus/feed/ 0 IMF: Stung by virus, global economy will shrink 3% in 2020 https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/imf-stung-by-virus-global-economy-will-shrink-3-in-2020/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/imf-stung-by-virus-global-economy-will-shrink-3-in-2020/#respond Wed, 15 Apr 2020 03:51:26 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/imf-stung-by-virus-global-economy-will-shrink-3-in-2020/ Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund says in its latest forecast. The IMF said Tuesday that it expects the global economy to shrink three per cent this year — far worse than its 0.1 […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/imf-stung-by-virus-global-economy-will-shrink-3-in-2020/feed/ 0 The case for optimism in world economic outlook https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/the-case-for-optimism-in-world-economic-outlook/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/the-case-for-optimism-in-world-economic-outlook/#respond Tue, 23 Jan 2018 07:12:01 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/the-case-for-optimism-in-world-economic-outlook/ IMF projects strong global growth despite key risks to watch.

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/the-case-for-optimism-in-world-economic-outlook/feed/ 0 Finding the Next Big Crisis https://www.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/finding-the-next-big-crisis/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/finding-the-next-big-crisis/#respond Thu, 10 Mar 2016 06:00:28 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/finding-the-next-big-crisis/ The IMF’s Laura Kodres on monitoring and measuring geopolitical risk

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/finding-the-next-big-crisis/feed/ 0 ETFs in the collateral mine https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/etfs-in-the-collateral-mine/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/etfs-in-the-collateral-mine/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:27:38 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/etfs-in-the-collateral-mine/ IMF paper looks at asset managers and the shadow banking system.

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/etfs-in-the-collateral-mine/feed/ 0 Video: Big Risks in Emerging Markets https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/video-big-risks-in-emerging-markets/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/video-big-risks-in-emerging-markets/#respond Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:50:56 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/video-big-risks-in-emerging-markets/ Long-term investors need to tread carefully.

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/video-big-risks-in-emerging-markets/feed/ 0 How the IMF Hampers Economic Recovery https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/how-the-imf-hampers-economic-recovery/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/how-the-imf-hampers-economic-recovery/#respond Mon, 16 May 2011 11:36:18 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-the-imf-hampers-economic-recovery/ Iceland didn't take the money - and now it's on the mend.

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/how-the-imf-hampers-economic-recovery/feed/ 0 Why You Can’t Trust IMF’s Statistics https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/why-you-cant-trust-imfs-statistics/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/why-you-cant-trust-imfs-statistics/#respond Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:26:47 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/why-you-cant-trust-imfs-statistics/ Coverage of the 2011 Global Investment Conference.

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/why-you-cant-trust-imfs-statistics/feed/ 0 Inflation Risk Online Debate Live! https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/inflation-risk-online-debate-live/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/inflation-risk-online-debate-live/#respond Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:47:15 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/inflation-risk-online-debate-live/ Will there be an unprecedented upsurge?

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