Deputy Director for the Asia and Pacific Department, Mission Chief for Japan, IMF ...

After three decades of near-zero inflation, there are signs that Japan’s economy can sustainably converge to a new equilibrium. Inflation has surpassed the Bank of Japan’s 2-percent target for over ...

The message from India’s Budget 2025 was subtle, yet clear: the middle-income class has to spend more to boost corporate ...

Poland's higher social, health and defence spending requires sustained fiscal adjustment to reduce the budget deficit and ...

Morgan Stanley's report highlights India's fiscal and monetary policies pivoting towards economic growth while maintaining ...

The Atlanta Fed raised the estimate for first quarter U.S. economic growth on Monday after the release of recent economic data. The ...

The additional 10% tariffs will be levied on top of a variety of 10% to 25% existing tariffs that Trump had imposed on ...

This technical note explains how we adjust the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ten-year budget baseline issued in January 2025 to create our CBPP baseline, which we use in our analyses of ...

Consumer spending fueled growth, despite ongoing fears about inflation.

GDP growth for Q4 2024 was 2.3%, below the 2.7% consensus estimate and our forecast range of 2.75% (+/-25 bps). Read more on ...

A humming American economy ended 2024 on a solid note with consumer spending continuing to drive growth, and ahead of what ...

The US economy expanded at a solid pace at the end of 2024, fueled by a generous tailwind from consumer spending that more than offset drags from a strike at Boeing Co. and much leaner inventory ...