Category: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

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North Africa: Connecting Continents, Creating Opportunities

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

Join us for the opening remarks at the conference entitled " North Africa: Connecting Continents, Creating Opportunities Conference". IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will open the conference alongside Sifi Ghrieb, Prime Minister of Algeria and Mouatassem Boudiaf, Acting Governor, Bank of Algeria.

This conference will explore the challenges and opportunities of deeper regional integration and highlight policy priorities to advance economic cooperation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkLT4gJxHfM

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Reserve Assets

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

Behind every headline about central banks buying gold or defending a currency is a careful statistical system. In this episode of The Economy: How Do You Measure That?, we explore reserve assets. Carlos Sanchez Muñoz joins host Jim Tebrake to explain how reserves help countries weather economic shocks and sustain investor confidence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6ylcddHAMc

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Johan Norberg on What Makes and Breaks Golden Eras

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

The most prosperous of civilizations were the most open. The Romans, for example, expanded their empire by integrating the populations they conquered, creating a melting pot of new ideas. Johan Norberg’s latest book, Peak Human, examines the rise and fall of seven golden age civilizations. In this podcast, he says that if openness to learning and trade are what great societies make, building walls to protect their dominance often sparks their demise. Norberg is a historian and senior fellow at the Cato Institute.

Transcript (https://traffic.libsyn.com/imfpodcast/Johan_Norberg-transcript-IMF_Podcast.pdf) : https://traffic.libsyn.com/imfpodcast/Johan_Norberg-transcript-IMF_Podcast.pdf

Read the article Finance & Development: IMF.org/fandd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjdDEQiCPek

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Opening Remarks | “North Africa: Connecting Continents, Creating Opportunities” Conference

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

Join us for the opening remarks at the conference entitled " North Africa: Connecting Continents, Creating Opportunities Conference". IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will open the conference alongside Sifi Ghrieb, Prime Minister of Algeria and Mouatassem Boudiaf, Acting Governor, Bank of Algeria.

This conference will explore the challenges and opportunities of deeper regional integration and highlight policy priorities to advance economic cooperation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkLT4gJxHfM

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Household Electricity Production

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

How does electricity produced at home through rooftop solar show up in GDP? Households are increasingly becoming energy producers, but how do statisticians measure this activity? In this episode, Jim Tebrake and Barend de Beer explain how own-use production, sales to the grid, subsidies, and taxes are treated in national accounts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBY51W_pcg

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Enrico Letta: Harnessing Europe’s Single Market

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

There is strength in numbers, and the idea of European integration through a single market was to capitalize on the EU as a whole. However, the single market is a product of the early 90s, and EU member states now appear reticent to pool sovereignty to the degree required to counter the geopolitical challenges of today’s world. Enrico Letta is President of the Jacques Delors Institute and a champion of Delors’ vision of creating a fully integrated European economic space. Letta’s 2024 report, Much More than a Market, argues that adaptation of the single market should include all sectors rather than a select few and that fragmentation is holding Europe back.

Transcript (https://traffic.libsyn.com/imfpodcast/Enrico_Letta-transcript-IMF_Podcast.pdf) : https://traffic.libsyn.com/imfpodcast/Enrico_Letta-transcript-IMF_Podcast.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulqG_-EwI48

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The Economy – How Do You Measure That? Donuts

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

Dive into the surprising economics behind a simple donut! In this episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That?, host Jim Tebrake and speaker Jennifer Ribarsky unpack why buying a donut counts as a service in GDP, while your homemade treat does not. A clear, insightful look at how everyday transactions translate into economic measurement and shape our understanding of the economy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNofMqEtMVw