20-October-2020
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Our latest Economic Outlook projects global GDP to fall by 4.5% this year – with some of the hardest hit G20 economies seeing their GDP shrink by over 10%. While growth is expected to pick up to 5% next year, output in many countries will still be below the pre-crisis levels by the end of 2021.
16-October-2020
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2020 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings : Written Statement to the Development Committee
15-October-2020
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2020 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings : Written Statement to the IMFC
12-October-2020
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Much has changed since we met a year ago. The global pandemic shattered many of our expectations. It unleashed new magnitudes of doubt and insecurity across the world, and across all policy areas that governments face.
12-October-2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed the worst health, economic and social crisis of our lifetimes, claiming over a million lives. We now expect global GDP to fall by 4.5% this year. Some of the hardest hit G20 economies will see their GDP shrink by 10% or more.
12-October-2020
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We are at a pivotal moment for the global recovery. In our latest Interim Economic Outlook, we foresee a 4.5% contraction of global GDP in 2020. And many countries are still struggling to control the virus.
9-October-2020
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We are in the midst of a planetary emergency. Within a few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused tragic impacts on human health, lives and livelihoods across the globe.
8-October-2020
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The world cannot afford to let the status quo go unaddressed. The Inclusive Framework on BEPS is ideally placed to deliver a global solution given your expertise and the good progress that has been made.
8-October-2020
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The economic repercussions are stark. Global GDP will decline by 4.5% this year, and while we estimate that the global economy will pick up by an average rate of around 5% in 2021, many OECD countries will not return to their pre-crisis growth rates until the end of 2021 or in 2022.
6-October-2020
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This year’s Forum inevitably focuses on perspectives for green finance and investment in a COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 world. The pandemic has triggered a health and economic crisis of a magnitude never seen before.