Ed Conway

It’s official: wages have at last caught up with inflation. The squeeze is over. Or is it? As ever, when it comes to economic turning points, the numbers can differ significantly depending on how you cut them. So let’s break them down ourselves. The figures most people are

Like most money-lenders, the International Monetary Fund isn’t one of those institutions which inspires much in the way of affection – either from those who owe it money or from those who lend it the resources. So it’s of little surprise that unless the world is in economic crisis,

There's a fascinating, and perhaps counterintuitive, chart in today's Fiscal Monitor report [http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=262] from the International Monetary Fund. It shows you the extent to which various countries redistribute wealth through their tax systems. [https://i1.wp.com/

The IMF’s Global Financial Stability Report [http://www.imf.org/External/Pubs/FT/GFSR/2014/01/index.htm] is out today. These days it makes for slightly less exciting reading than in previous years, which is hardly a surprise given how much financial markets have calmed down since then.

Buried away in today’s IMF World Economic Outlook [http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2014/01/pdf/text.pdf] is an intriguing section about what different kinds of currency arrangements have done for a country’s economic growth and stability in the past. Admittedly, it’s specifically

The International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook is the most widely-regarded assessment of how the global economy is doing. Here are a few highlights (NB you can click on any of the graphics to see a bigger version). 1. Growth is now pretty widely spread [https://i0.wp.com/