Showing posts with label IMF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IMF. Show all posts
Thursday, April 16, 2020

16/4/20: The BRICS+ challenge to institutional unipolarity and U.S. hegemony 2020 Lecture

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My slides from the talk I gave yesterday to the MA in Non-Proliferation and Terrorism Studies students @MIIS on the COVID-updated topic of...
Friday, October 19, 2018

19/10/18: IMF's Woeful Record in Forecasting: Denying Secular Stagnation Hypothesis

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A recent MarketWatch post by Ashoka Mody, @AshokaMody, detailing the absurdities of the IMF growth forecasts is a great read (see  https:/...
Sunday, September 9, 2018

9/9/18: IMF and Argentina: New Old Saga

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My Twitter comments on Argentina and IMF rescue package were picked up by the folks at ZeroHedge   https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-...
Saturday, June 23, 2018

22/6/18: 'Skeptical' IMF tends to be over-optimistic in its U.S. growth forecasts

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In recent weeks, the IMF came under some criticism for posting relatively gloomy forecasts for the U.S. economy, especially considering th...
Thursday, November 30, 2017

29/11/17: China vs U.S. - the WTO Fight

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Per latest reports, there is a renewed spat between the U.S. and China in the WTO. As reported in the FT ( https://www.ft.com/content/f794...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

30/12/16: In IMF's Forecasts, Happiness is Always Around the Corner

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Remember the promises of the imminent global growth recovery 'next year'? IMF, the leading light of exuberant growth expectations ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

25/5/16: IMF's Epic Flip Flopping on Greece

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IMF published the full Transcript of a Conference Call on Greece from Wednesday, May 25, 2016 (see: http://www.imf.org/external/np/tr/2016...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

23/5/16: Greek Debt Sustainability and IMF's Pipe Dreams

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IMF outlined its position on Greek debt sustainability, once again stressing the fact - known to everyone with an ounce of brain left unto...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

11/5/16: 7+1 Steps Guide to Greek Crisis Madness

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Greece is back in the news recently with yet another round of crisis talks and measures. Here's where we stand on the matter. After ...