International organization | June 2024

An IMF for Tomorrow

Editor-in-Chief Gita Bhatt writes about this special anniversary issue of F&D

GITA BHATT

International cooperation | June 2024

Economic Possibilities for My Grandchildren

There is an economic promise to be made across generations, one that requires us to take decisive action this decade

KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA

Currencies | June 2024

The Money Archive

The Smithsonian’s National Numismatic Collection is thought to be the world’s largest of its kind

MELINDA WEIR

International organization | June 2024

The Evolving IMF

Over the past 30 years the IMF has adapted to global shocks and evolving member needs

Atish Rex Ghosh

ANDREW STANLEY

Podcast

Financial Fragilities Along Disinflation’s Last Mile

As inflation slowly subsides and optimism pervades financial markets, the latest Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) warns of potential setbacks. The IMF's Fabio Natalucci and Jason Wu discuss potential risks to the much anticipated soft landing.

FABIO NATALUCCI

Jason Wu

Podcast

The 2020s: Turbulent, Tepid or Transformational?

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva kicks off the 2024 IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings from the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, with her customary curtain raiser speech. Go to IMF.org to follow the Annual Meetings and find all the IMF flagship reports, including the World Economic Outlook, the Global Financial Stability Report, and the Fiscal Monitor.

KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA

Podcast

The Economic Possibilities for My Grandchildren

John Maynard Keynes' novel lectures at King’s College, Cambridge, inspired economists and policymakers of the time and continues to do so a hundred years later. In this podcast, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivers a speech inspired by one of Keynes’ lectures to a young audience at the very same King’s College.

KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA

Inclusion and gender | March 2024

In Pursuit of Freedom

New commemorative coins celebrate abolitionist Harriet Tubman’s life and legacy

MELINDA WEIR

Gross domestic product | March 2024

Looking Beyond GDP

The World Happiness Report leads the quest for more holistic measures of well-being

ANDREW STANLEY

Inclusive growth | March 2024

What Is Inclusive Growth?

Proponents aim to create societies that are free, equal, and wealthy

RUCHIR AGARWAL