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Tackling inequality vital for next century of growth, IMF head says
Kristalina Georgieva invokes John Maynard Keynes as she says fostering fairer economy would raise living standards ninefold

Richard Partington Economics correspondent

14, Mar, 2024 @5:00 PM

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The US could be facing a 2008-style financial crisis. Why does Sunak want to copy it?
The PM’s admiration for Washington’s economic model may backfire amid looming US banking and stock market disasters

Phillip Inman

09, Mar, 2024 @5:00 PM

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Kristalina Georgieva wins backing to run for second term as IMF chief
Bulgaria’s ‘eternal optimist’ in favour with European finance ministers after first five-year stint encompassing Covid and Ukraine

Phillip Inman

08, Mar, 2024 @5:00 PM

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Starmer says Labour would level up workers’ rights in way not attempted for decades – as it happened
Labour leader tells conference that reforms ‘may not please everyone in room’

Andrew Sparrow

01, Feb, 2024 @5:07 PM

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Jeremy Hunt plays down talk of spring budget tax cut after IMF warning
Chancellor says less room now for spring giveaway despite being widely thought to be gearing up for cuts

Kalyeena Makortoff

01, Feb, 2024 @8:36 AM

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The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s tax plans: stop trying to buy votes | Editorial
Editorial: The IMF is right: Downing Street is taking a foolish risk by putting tax cuts before public spending

Editorial

31, Jan, 2024 @6:25 PM

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IMF warns Jeremy Hunt against tax cuts in budget
Lower tax levels may not be possible without extra borrowing or post-election spending reductions, says Washington-based body

Larry Elliott Economics editor

30, Jan, 2024 @10:59 PM

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AI will affect 40% of jobs and probably worsen inequality, says IMF head
‘Crucial’ that countries build social safety nets to mitigate impact on workers, says Kristalina Georgieva

Dan Milmo Global technology editor

15, Jan, 2024 @10:53 AM

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The world economy is in crisis again. If we look back 80 years, we might be able to fix it | Michael Jacobs
The historic Bretton Woods summit shaped a golden era of growth. This year’s G20 could be our equivalent, says academic and economist Michael Jacobs

Michael Jacobs

04, Jan, 2024 @3:00 PM

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‘We’re playing Whac-A-Mole’: why the aid system is broken
Calls for drastic overhaul of funding as conflicts and climate crisis drive surge in humanitarian needs and appeals fall short

Fred Harter in Chad

04, Jan, 2024 @5:00 AM

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Argentina’s new government devalues peso by more than 50%
Package of spending cuts introduced in attempt to tackle country’s worst economic crisis in decades

Mark Sweney

13, Dec, 2023 @9:19 AM

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World economy on brink of ‘cold war two’, IMF official warns
Gita Gopinath says global economy’s fragmentation into power blocs risks wipeout of trillions of dollars in GDP

Richard Partington Economics correspondent

11, Dec, 2023 @3:30 PM

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