The International Monetary Fund has called on Japan to promote the use of foreign workers and the participation of women and elderly people in the labor market as part of efforts to achieve firmer and sustained growth. In its assessment of the Japanese economy following ...
The International Monetary Fund's latest forecast leaves world economic growth unchanged at 3.5 percent this year and 3.6 percent next year, with upgrades for Japan, China and emerging Asian markets offsetting a downward projection for the United States. In an update Sunday to the IMF's ...
Japan should capitalize on its current economic expansion by pushing for labor and other structural reforms, the International Monetary Fund said Monday. The IMF also said the country's monetary policy should be accommodative, calling on the Bank of Japan to "carefully calibrate" its yield curve ...
Asia has enjoyed demographic dividends in the past, but the growing number of elderly is set to create a demographic “tax” on growth, a report said.
It's no longer business as usual for the global economic order.
The Trump administration's climate skepticism and its possible withdrawal from the landmark Paris Agreement of 2015 drew a cloud over last week's grand economic conclave in Washington. The regular meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund — always accompanied by a gathering of ...
Finance Minister Taro Aso said Saturday trade imbalances cannot be fixed through exchange-rate adjustments alone, pushing back against Washington's calls to have more rigorous IMF scrutiny of currency moves. Earlier, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at the spring meeting of the 189-nation International Monetary Fund ...
The International Monetary Fund Tuesday raised its growth forecast for Japan's economy this year and next, citing a pickup in exports, but warned that a shrinking labor force and below-forecast inflation would curb longer-term growth. The IMF upgraded its forecast for the world's third-largest economy ...
A long-term shift to low interest rates in major economies will heighten challenges to global financial stability by stressing banks and other financial companies, according to an International Monetary Fund paper released Thursday. Part of the IMF's twice-annual review of financial stability, the report follows ...
A letter bomb exploded at the Paris offices of the International Monetary Fund on Thursday, injuring a secretary who suffered burns to her hands and face, police said. Employees were evacuated from the building near the Arc de Triomphe monument in the heart of the ...
The International Monetary Fund said Saturday it had reached a preliminary agreement with Ukraine that could see the war-scarred and cashed-starved nation receive fresh aid in the first half of the year. The news was particularly good for the ex-Soviet republic because the IMF statement ...
The International Monetary Fund said Monday that Japan's economy is expected to grow 0.8 percent this year, up 0.2 percentage point from its estimate in October, mostly on account of a stronger-than-expected performance during the latter part of last year. The IMF also raised upward ...
