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IMF backs spending cuts over bank tax in UK budget push
The Treasury’s plan to extract more revenue from Britain’s banks is running into a hard operational question ahead of this month’s budget: should the fiscal machinery be adjusted through spending reform or fresh taxation? The International Monetary Fund has now weighed in, backing cuts rather than new levies. Helge Berger, deputy director of the IMF’s European department, was asked about bank taxes after the Guardian revealed that John Healey plans to tap the sector for additional revenue.
A note of caution on the relation between money growth and inflation
1 INTRODUCTION Money has typically played a minor role in the literature on monetary policy over the last thirty years. However, the recent surge in inflation – preceded by non-standard monetary policy measures which have increased the size of central banks' balance sheets and money supply – has revived the debate regarding the role of money growth for inflation. For example, Borio, Hofmann, et al.
A Note of Caution on the Relation Between Money Growth and Inflation
A Note of Caution on the Relation Between Money Growth and Inflation Author/Editor: Helge Berger ; Sune Karlsson ; Pär Österholm Publication Date: June 30, 2023 Electronic Access: Free Download. Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file Disclaimer: IMF Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to encourage debate.
Blunting the impact and hard choices: Early lessons from China
Blunting the impact and hard choices: Early lessons from China By Helge Berger, Kenneth Kang, and Changyong Rhee. / IMF No Comments Share: The impact of Coronavirus is having a profound and serious impact on the global economy and has sent policymakers looking for ways to respond. China’s experience so far shows that the right policies make a difference in fighting the disease and mitigating its impact—but some of these policies come with difficult economic tradeoffs.
Africa: Coronavirus & Early Lessons From China
By Helge Berger, Kenneth Kang, & Changyong Rhee, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington DC — The impact of the coronavirus is having a profound and serious impact on the global economy and has sent policymakers looking for ways to respond. China's experience so far shows that the right policies make a difference in fighting the disease and mitigating its impact--but some of these policies come with difficult economic tradeoffs.
Coronavirus & Early Lessons from China
Featured, Global, Headlines, Health, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Helge Berger is the IMF's China mission chief, Kenneth Kang is a deputy director in the IMF's Asia & Pacific Department, and Changyong Rhee is director of IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department. Credit: UN Population Fund (UNFPA) WASHINGTON DC, Mar 27 2020 (IPS) - The impact of the coronavirus is having a profound and serious impact on the global economy and has sent policymakers looking for ways to respond.
Containing corona comes with huge economic cost
The impact of the coronavirus is having a profound and serious impact on the global economy and has sent policymakers looking for ways to respond. China's experience so far shows that the right policies make a difference in fighting the disease and mitigating its impact - but some of these policies come with difficult economic tradeoffs.
Coronavirus: Blunting the Impact and – Realnews Magazine
By Helge Berger, Kenneth Kang, and Changyong Rhee THE impact of the coronavirus is having a profound and serious impact on the global economy and has sent policymakers looking for ways to respond. China’s experience so far shows that the right policies make a difference in fighting the disease and mitigating its impact—but some of these policies come with difficult economic tradeoffs.
Blunting the Impact and Hard Choices: Early Lessons From China
(Yicai Global) March 20 -- The impact of the coronavirus is having a profound and serious impact on the global economy and has sent policymakers looking for ways to respond. China's experience so far shows that the right policies make a difference in fighting the disease and mitigating its impact—but some of these policies come with difficult economic tradeoffs.
Blunting The Impact And Hard Choices: Early Lessons From China
By Helge Berger, Kenneth Kang, and Changyong Rhee The impact of the coronavirus is having a profound and serious impact on the global economy and has sent policymakers looking for ways to respond. China’s experience so far shows that the right policies make a difference in fighting the disease and mitigating its impact—but some of these policies come with difficult economic tradeoffs.
Chart of the Week: Grading the G-20 on its Growth Goals
By Helge Berger and Margaux MacDonald November 19, 2018 Español, Português Growth is stronger in the G-20 but progress toward more balanced, sustainable, and inclusive growth is slow (photo: Egon Bömsch imageBROKER/Newscom) This blog is dedicated to the memory of Giang Ho, an IMF economist who died suddenly this past August. Her efforts and ingenuity were critical to carrying out this analytical work. We miss her and will never forget her.
The euro area needs a fiscal union
But EMU is not a political union, and its member states remain very much on their own. This structure leaves them exposed to large idiosyncratic—economic or financial—shocks, especially where public debt levels are already high and governments have little room to respond with fiscal policy moves. To make matters worse, euro area banks own large amounts of domestic sovereign or government debt, opening the door to a vicious cycle in which sovereign and financial distress reinforce each other.
The Euro Area Needs a Fiscal Union
The euro area is experiencing a robust recovery, but the architecture supporting Europe’s currency union remains incomplete and leaves the region vulnerable to future financial crises.
Taming government debt—it can be done, but it ain’t easy | iMFdirect - The IMF Blog on WordPress.com
Sooner or later, and one way or the other, government debt in advanced economies will have to come down from the record levels reached in the wake of the global economic and euro area crises. There is no magic number for how much sovereign debt an economy can shoulder. And, as bringing down debt by cutting government spending or raising taxes comes at the risk of reducing growth and employment in the short term, there are arguments to not proceed too hastily.
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