Gateway to the world: how the EU helped Rotterdam to become Europe's largest port
Rotterdam is Europe's biggest port with a turnover of €600 million a year
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Applauds G20 Growth Agenda
“Though global growth has strengthened in recent months, largely driven by advanced economies, increased financial market and capital flow volatility in emerging economies and low inflation rates in advanced economies pose important challenges ahead....
Ambitious structural reforms can pave the return to strong and sustainable growth, OECD says
Adopting ambitious and comprehensive structural reform agendas will offer governments the best chance for a return to strong, sustainable and balanced economic growth that creates jobs and reduces inequality, according to the OECD’s latest Going for...
LIKE FED BEFORE 2008 CRASH
Feb. 15—In her testimony to the House Financial Services and Senate Banking Committees Feb. 11-13, Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen performed an exact reprise of former chair Ben Bernanke's failure, just seven years earlier, to see the immediate...
REACT Madrid: getting Europe’s economy back on track
Madrid ReAct event with Vicente Vallés (left) and José García Montalvo.
World Bank: Pension Reforms Needed in Emerging Europe and Central Asia to Protect Future Generations
The profound effects of aging populations and a shrinking labor force on overstretched state pension schemes in emerging Europe and Central Asian countries demand significant reforms, says the World Bank’s new report The Inverting Pyramid: Pension...
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2014 Article IV Consultation with India
India’s growth has slowed markedly, reflecting global developments and domestic supply constraints, while inflation remains stubbornly high. Led by falling infrastructure and corporate investment, the slowdown has generalized to other sectors of the...
World Bank Group Executive Director Visits Bulgaria Reconfirms the Knowledge Partnership
Banks, Greece and SME access to loans top agenda in meeting with Dijsselbloem
MEP Sharon BOWLES with Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President of the Eurogroup
International Conference on Challenges of Food Price Volatility to Take Place in Rabat
The causes and socio-economic challenges of food price volatility will be discussed at an international conference organized by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Research Department, OCP Policy Center and New York University’s Center for...
