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The global economic policy response to coronavirus takes shape

New Atlanticist Oct 7, 2025

How a weaker US dollar can help debt-burdened African countries

By Bart Piasecki

Trump’s drive to weaken the US dollar is having global side effects. For some African countries, it is helping to ease immediate fiscal pressures.
Africa Fiscal and Structural Reform
The global economic policy response to coronavirus takes shape

New Atlanticist Aug 4, 2025

Trump’s review of US membership in the IMF offers a rare chance for reform

By Martin Mühleisen

The institution needs its major shareholders aligned to tackle new challenges, and it deserves a management team qualified to lead it on this new path.
Economy & Business International Financial Institutions
The global economic policy response to coronavirus takes shape

Econographics May 12, 2025

Multilateralism under pressure: Takeaways from the 2025 IMF Spring Meetings

By Bart Piasecki

The 2025 IMF Spring Meetings unfolded against a backdrop of mounting geopolitical tensions, economic fragmentation, and rising doubts about the future of multilateral cooperation. Here are the key insights.
International Financial Institutions Macroeconomics

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New Atlanticist

Mar 18, 2020

The global economic policy response to coronavirus takes shape

By Bart Oosterveld

Governments and central banks globally have been engaged in an initial round of measures to blunt the anticipated economic impact of the spread of the virus, including making funds available, lowering key interest rates, intervening in funding markets, and supporting emergency lending.

International Financial Institutions
International Markets

New Atlanticist

Mar 16, 2020

The coronavirus recession deepens financial market turmoil

By Hung Tran

On balance, the global market turmoil—even in the face of central bank easing —shows the limits of monetary policy . It also suggests that investor confidence won’t be restored until there are clear signs of the COVID-19 pandemic peaking outside of China and that major governments can implement appropriately sized and well targeted fiscal stimulation programs to support the economy—particularly those most impacted by the pandemic.

Coronavirus
Financial Regulation

UkraineAlert

Mar 10, 2020

Coronavirus crisis: Ukraine needs IMF support not political purges

By Anders Åslund

President Zelenskyy's sudden purge of his reformist cabinet has shaken confidence in the Ukrainian economy at a time when global markets are facing a mounting coronavirus crisis - could an IMF deal be the solution?

Coronavirus
International Financial Institutions

In the News

Feb 7, 2020

Younus in his podcast “Pakistonomy,” Episode 4: Atif Mian

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business
Financial Regulation

In the News

Feb 5, 2020

Younus in his podcast “Pakistonomy,” Episode 3: Pakistan’s Stock Market

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business
Financial Regulation

UkraineAlert

Jan 23, 2020

Ukraine’s economic target: From stabilization to growth

By Vladislav Inozemtsev

Ukraine has staged a strong economic recovery over the past few years but the question in 2020 is whether the new Zelenskyy government can lead the country's economy from stabilization to sustainable growth.

Economy & Business
Fiscal and Structural Reform

In the News

Dec 23, 2019

Bello quoted in RFI on Nigerian reservations toward a regional currency

By Atlantic Council

Africa
Economy & Business

In the News

Dec 10, 2019

Hudson joins the BBC to discuss Sudanese plans to compensate US victims of terrorism

By Atlantic Council

Africa
Economic Sanctions

In the News

Dec 4, 2019

Tavakol quoted in TRT World on the 6 EU countries that joined INSTEX

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business
Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Dec 2, 2019

Dual threats imperil the WTO

By Hung Tran

The WTO will have to deal with intensifying pressure to undertake radical reform, without which it could slide further into irrelevance in a new world trade environment fragmented by a growing number of regional and bilateral trade agreements.

International Financial Institutions
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