Organisation: International Monetary Fund

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<p>The IMF report counselled against taxing investment in AI but suggested raising capital income taxes such as corporation tax and personal income taxes on interest, dividends and capital gains. </p>

technology

Balance effects of AI with profits tax and green levy, says IMF

Governments faced with economic upheaval caused by artificial intelligence should consider fiscal policies including taxes on excess profits and a green levy to atone for AI-related carbon emissions, according to the International Monetary Fund.

<p>Managing director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva: 'How long will the Fed be stuck with higher interest rates?'</p>

economy

IMF head warns US that strength of the dollar could harm many economies

<p>The International Monetary Fund staffers warned: 'Our recent review of supervisory approaches found that the ability and will to act remain critical—and can suffer from unclear mandates or inadequate legal powers, resources, and independence as well as powerful financial sector lobbies. Policymakers need to better empower banking supervisors to act early and with authority if needed.'</p>

economy

IMF warns regulators to heed lessons about 'too big to fail' banks

economy

Gerard Brady: Prices are likely to stay stubbornly high

economy

IMF chief endorsed for second term

IMF And World Bank Headquarters As Virtual World Spring Meetings Begin

economy

IMF head gets French backing for possible second term

The Global Order’s triple policy challenge

With sovereign debt at record levels and extreme weather events becoming more frequent and intense, policymakers must find a way to sustain economic growth, ensure financial stability, and mobilize the necessary resources to combat climate change. Achieving this requires nothing less than a new economic paradigm.

Wed, 23 Aug, 2023

UK's Jeremy Hunt meets with food firms as British inflation roars

Meanwhile, the British will grow faster than Germany this year and avoid a recession, the International Monetary Fund

Tue, 23 May, 2023

IMF: Irish GDP to grow 5.6% but Germany and Britain set to contract

International Monetary Fund predicts Ireland's economy will power ahead in 2023 and 2024

Wed, 12 Apr, 2023

Oliver Mangan: Recession fears abating following sharp drop in commodity prices

Risks remain, though. The IMF notes an escalation of the war in Ukraine remains a major source of vulnerability, particularly for Europe and lower-income countries

Mon, 06 Feb, 2023

Daniel McConnell: Truss' resignation would be funny if it wasn't so serious

Relations with the Johnson government were the sourest any Irish Government had with the UK since the darkest days of the Troubles, much rests on who will replace Liz Truss after her dysfunctional reign.

Fri, 21 Oct, 2022

IMF: For many people, 2023 will feel like a recession

The fund forecast headline consumer price inflation peaking at 9.5% in the third quarter of 2022, declining to 4.7% by the fourth quarter of 2023.

Tue, 11 Oct, 2022

Irish Examiner view: Bank of England intervention the latest chapter in a worrying tale

The IMF's commentary on the UK is worrying for us all, as any difficulty they go through could have global consequences

Thu, 29 Sep, 2022

Irish Examiner view: New lay role in choosing our judiciary

Former politicians Shane Ross and Alan Shatter have an opportunity to establish a very exclusive club. Each offered legislation intended to modernise our legal system. Each was, for one reason or another, stonewalled.

Wed, 16 Dec, 2020

Gary Murphy: Fine Gael is back in power, but faces an identity crisis

What now for Fine Gael in a government where it holds just six cabinet seats, has a host of disgruntled backbenchers, and is facing an existential crisis of identity?

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

Carl Bildt: a new geopolitical arena for the EU

The EU's future relationship with China presents both a challenge and an opportunity, writes Carl Bildt

Wed, 17 Jun, 2020

The Irish Examiner View: Hogan’s hat in the WTO ring?

Ireland’s Phil Hogan is by now a member of the European Union’s commission with undoubted gravitas and experience. But after only six months in this senior role, he is said to be “exploring” the possibility of a move from Brussels to Geneva.

Wed, 03 Jun, 2020

Irish Examiner View: It’s young who are vulnerable

FOR the past two months or more we have heard lots of discussion about the most vulnerable people in Irish society. The consensus is that it is the elderly who are most at risk, at least in the short-term while Covid-19 remains at large. However, longterm it is the young who could prove the most vulnerable, not in terms of their physical health but for their ability to make a decent living and en

Thu, 14 May, 2020

Commissioner says no 'sackful of money' to help EU farmers in pandemic

EU farmers’ worst fears were confirmed this week when Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski admitted there is no “sackful of money” he can dip into, in response to calls from farmers, farmers’ organisations, and the Member States, to deploy pandemic market intervention measures as quickly as possible.

Fri, 17 Apr, 2020

Irish Examiner View: World rich enough to avert chaos

There is something strangely reassuring about the fact that this bank holiday weekend that gardaí used pandemic powers only seven times.

Tue, 14 Apr, 2020

Coronavirus: IMF cancels £400m of debt repayments to help poor countries

Debt payments for the world’s most impoverished countries totalling £400 million have been cancelled to allow them to focus on dealing with coronavirus.

Tue, 14 Apr, 2020

Coronavirus-linked deaths hit 100,000 across globe

In Italy, officials employed helicopters, drones and stepped-up police checks to make sure residents did not slip out of their homes.

Fri, 10 Apr, 2020

20% of Irish firms lay off entire staff as IMF predicts worst fallout since Great Depression

A quarter of firms expect revenues to plummet by 90% in the next three months, while a fifth have already laid off their entire staff, according to a report by Chambers Ireland.

Thu, 09 Apr, 2020

Erik Berglöf: Finding a solution to Covid-19 requires a global strategy

Governments are working to protect their own populations first. But they risk potentially dire consequences in doing so, says Erik Berglöf

Wed, 25 Mar, 2020

Koichi Hamada: Policymakers must act quickly in fiscal fight against coronavirus

Governments should rely on fiscal rather than monetary measures when responding to natural disasters or epidemics such as the new COVID-19, writes Koichi Hamada

Thu, 05 Mar, 2020

The ranks of Ireland's super-rich swells by a third in five years

The ranks of Ireland’s super rich swelled by a third over the past five years.

Wed, 04 Mar, 2020

IMF to cut global growth outlook over coronavirus

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is cutting its global growth forecasts over the coronavirus outbreak.

Wed, 04 Mar, 2020

Sean Barrett: Public misspending is costing us dearly

The ‘permanent government’ is to blame for the huge overruns on public expenditure projects in Ireland. It is up to the elected government to reform it, says Sean Barrett

Thu, 20 Feb, 2020

Stephen S Roach: Outlook does not tally with economy close to stall speed

When world output growth slips to the lower half of that range — as it did in 2019 — the risks of global recession need to be taken seriously, writes Stephen S Roach

Wed, 29 Jan, 2020

Gary Murphy: Labour will have its work cut out in election

The party has not been forgiven for the austerity measures of its coalition with Fine Gael and will struggle to hold its seven seats.

Tue, 28 Jan, 2020

Klaus Schwab: Ireland's citizen assembly a model that can help mend divisions at every level

In 2020, the world will mark the 75th anniversary of the liberal international order, writes Klaus Schwab.

Sun, 29 Dec, 2019

Abhijit Banerjee: China and India can do so much more to help their citizens

India and China are in the grips of economic slowdown but it brings a lesson that they must learn, write Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo.

Fri, 27 Dec, 2019

Reflections on a lost decade: Ireland let down by poor Dáil performance

Putting aside angels-on-a-pinhead arguments about the actual year in which a decade expires and a new one commences — is it January 1, 2020, or 12 months on in 2021 and, anyway, who really cares? — what we hope will be the peace and quiet of St Stephen’s Day brings an opportunity to reflect not only on the country’s 2019 but also on aspects of the Dáil’s less-than-adequate performance since 2010.

Thu, 26 Dec, 2019

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani: An opportunity to guide Iran toward greater openness

Iran did not deserve punitive sanctions when Mr Trump re-imposed them, because it had not violated the terms of a nuclear deal, writes Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

Thu, 05 Dec, 2019

Growth possible without sacrificing tomorrow at altar of today

A global carbon market is key to tackling the climate crisis, replacing fossil fuel energy with renewables while maintaining growth, write Graciela Chichilnisky and Peter Bal

Mon, 18 Nov, 2019

World would be stronger place with fewer wannabe strongmen

The greatest threat to the global economy is not rising interest rates or financial excesses, but unforeseen actions in areas like trade or geopolitics, writes Raghuram G Rajan

Wed, 13 Nov, 2019

Brilliant idea, but not in Zuckerberg’s hands

Stopping Facebook’s Libra in its tracks was a god thing, but authorities should now do something useful and visionary with the cryptocurrency, writes Yanis Varoufakis.

Fri, 25 Oct, 2019

China’s largesse is its road to domination

Property values have moved on since Dutchman Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island from unnamed Native Americans for 60 guilders in 1626.

Sat, 20 Jul, 2019

Boris Johnson’s transition team poses a threat to British soft power

Since the United Kingdom’s Department of International Development (DFID) was created 22 years ago, it has lifted millions out of poverty, sent millions of children to school, and saved millions of lives through vaccination programmes and other innovative initiatives.

Fri, 19 Jul, 2019