IMF, alarm: Covid sends 12 trillion dollars up in smoke

The International Monetary Fund, which predicts a collapse in world and Italian GDP in 2020 higher than previous estimates, has quantified the losses from Coronavirus, aggravated by the persistence of the pandemic - Eyes on FCA, Generali, Cattolica, Tim,…
IMF: Italy will pay the most, BTPs and banks under fire

The recession will be tougher than the XNUMXs: this is the alarm launched yesterday by the Monetary Fund, according to which our country will be the one to emerge worst from the Coronavirus: rain of sales on BTPs and higher spreads - Yet, Wall Street…
IMF and EU reject Italy, but the Ftse Mib sees 20

Increasingly downward estimates for the Italian GDP in 2019, but the Stock Exchange is running and analysts believe that the Ftse Mib index, which yesterday touched 20, could even reach 20.400 basis points - Btp 30…
IMF: Italy undermines world growth

IMF confirms the Bank of Italy estimates on the slowdown in growth: +0,5% in 2019 - May presents plan B for Brexit - Draghi to the Eurogroup - Dividend detachment in Piazza Affari slows down the Ftse Mib - New boom in…
IMF sticks Italy and cuts GDP estimates

The Monetary Fund lowers its estimates on the growth of the Italian economy and warns the Government: "Do not touch the Jobs Act and the Fornero law" - Meanwhile, the Btp-Bund spread rises more every day while Piazza Affari, after yesterday's debacle, will try…
IMF, World Bank, OECD: more innovation for more productivity

At the International Conference of the Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the OECD it emerged that innovation and good institutions are the essential components for the revival of productivity, considered the engine of economic growth but stagnant everywhere - The macroeconomy of…

The IMF director general believes it possible that the Fund will develop its own cryptocurrency "to be more efficient and less expensive". In the meantime, bitcoin is breaking new records: since the beginning of the year, the virtual currency has revalued by 480% and…
Greece, agreement with Troika and IMF

Preliminary agreement finally reached between Greece and its creditors - The Ecofin meeting of 22 May is awaited, when the measures envisaged by the agreement will be discussed: cuts in pensions, tax reductions and reforms for energy and work -…
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UK surprise: early elections on 8 June - London collapses and infects all stock exchanges: Mediaset, Atlantia and Telecom ko - Agcom: "Vivendi must go to Mediaset or Telecom" - Alitalia: referendum from 20 to 24 April - Eni closes…
France: IMF bomb, shooting in Grasse

Yet another day of fear in France - In Paris, a person was injured in the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund after opening an explosive envelope - In Grasse, a student opened fire in a high school, wounding 8…
Political risk, the spread and the Italexit hoax

Greece and Italy worry the markets again to the benefit of the US and the Emerging - Reports are circulating in London on the hypothesis of Italy's exit from the European Union but it is pure electoral fuss: however the political instability linked to the possible advance of…
Economy, the recovery increases income inequality

FOCUS BNL - Getting out of the recession has not yet been enough to reduce income disparities between the different social classes - The middle class is particularly affected - According to Istat, 28,7% of the Italian population is at risk of poverty or…

The markets are studying Draghi's moves on QE while the IMF warns: the world is weighed down by a ballast of 152 trillion debts - Asia ok, oil and banks are driving Wall Street - MPS does not participate in the Piazza party…
Pension funds: IMF sounds the alarm

«The solvency of a large number of companies» - writes the Washington organization «is threatened by a prolonged period of low interest rates» - Sustainability at risk - The Monetary Fund proposes to extend the stress tests to insurance…
IMF: alarm on growth, the global economy slows down

In view of the G20, the Fund calls for "very robust action" from governments against stagnation and protectionism - For Italian banks "need to accelerate on NPLs" - Today the data on US jobs will allow us to understand if the Fed…
IMF: Lagarde on trial in France

The general manager of the International Monetary Fund will have to respond to the accusations of negligence of a public official for her involvement in the so-called "Tapie" arbitration - According to the transalpine magistrates, under pressure from Sarkozy, she would have tried to favor the entrepreneur in…

The markets are coming to terms with the weakening of the global economy (certified by the IMF) and are looking to the ECB which meets tomorrow - Wall Street slows down after the last galloping sessions: Netflix crash and Microsoft leap - Automotive under…
IMF: UK GDP could fall by 4,5%

On July 19, the IMF will publish an update to the World Economic Outlook in which it will cut global growth estimates - According to Lagarde, if the United Kingdom manages to maintain access to the single market, British GDP could…
Greece, EU to release aid for 11 billion

After the Greek Parliament has approved all the measures requested by the creditors, today the Eurogroup should give the go-ahead for a tranche of aid that would secure Athens until November - However, the big question remains on the table…
Greece: ok new cuts, today the Eurogroup

The extraordinary Eurogroup meeting will be held in the afternoon to examine "the progress" made by Athens - The Hellenic Parliament has given the green light to a new package of austerity measures, but the green light to the new tranche of…
IMF: "EU risks on jobs and investments"

The director general of the International Monetary Fund, in the text of his speech prepared for today's speech at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, said that "the recovery of the world economy continues but remains too slow, too fragile" - Words of praise for…
Portugal: IMF asks for emergency plan

The deficit/GDP ratio is far from the targets set, the public debt is too high and the banking system has worrying weaknesses. For this reason, the IMF has asked Portugal for a contingency plan to achieve the objectives and correct…
IMF alarm on growth, Europe awaits Draghi

New alarm from the IMF on global growth after the Chinese slowdown on exports that interrupted the recovery of oil and the stock markets - The markets await Draghi's moves tomorrow - Road show in Milan for the bond…
G20: watch out for growth and no to Brexit

The Shanghai meeting closes on Saturday. The draft of the final communiqué expresses concerns about economic growth and the will to resort to reforms and flexibility but not to devaluations on exchange rates. "Monetary policy will support the economy but from…
IMF: "The recovery risks derailing"

The Monetary Fund sounds the alarm in view of the G20 - "Gradual recovery in the Eurozone, non-performing loans still high" - "QE supports recovery, but more needs to be done" - "Countries like Germany should invest more" - "The referendum…