Category: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

The recent scramble for the minerals that go into our electric vehicles, solar panels, and defense systems has exposed vulnerabilities in the supply chains. Mineral markets are complex, spanning dozens of materials found around the world, but the real challenge is processing. More than 90 percent of rare earth minerals are currently processed in China. Gracelin Baskaran is the founding director of the Critical Minerals Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In this podcast, she says mineral security is not just a national security imperative, it’s an economic security imperative.

Transcript (https://traffic.libsyn.com/imfpodcast/Gracelin_Baskaran-transcript-IMF_Podcast.pdf) : https://bit.ly/4uBN1qu

Read the article in Finance & Development magazine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aOw-rJnnYk

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

What counts as household income? In this episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That?, Jim Tebrake and Jorrit Zwijnenburg explore what is included in household income in the national accounts — from wages and pensions to dividends and government transfers. They also discuss why headline totals alone may not tell the full story about how households are actually doing, and why distribution matters when understanding economic well-being.

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

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

When global volatility increases, so does the demand for the dollar. When countries face sanctions, they rush for gold. But while the two have been the most common reserve currencies for decades, surprising alternatives are emerging. UC Berkeley professor and author (https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691280530/money-beyond-borders?srsltid=AfmBOoqnuAD32vbXh0CNrcH51zputaTt6RWMeZ18Qh8W52dMjewuuY4y) Barry Eichengreen, along with IMF economists Chima Simpson-Bell and Serkan Arslanalp, track the dynamics of reserve currencies in their recent NBER (https://www.nber.org/papers/w34478) paper. In this podcast, Eichengreen and Simpson-Bell discuss the changing landscape of reserve currencies.

Transcript (https://traffic.libsyn.com/imfpodcast/Eichengreen-Simpson-Bell-transcript-IMF_Podcast.pdf) : https://bit.ly/43ovB4o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5-VJqAfIR4

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

How do official statistics capture crowdfunding and P2P lending? In this episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That?, Jim Tebrake and Artak Harutyunyan explore how digital platforms are transforming lending and investment, how these activities are recorded in economic statistics, and why tracking them matters for financial stability. From peer-to-peer loans to equity crowdfunding, discover how statisticians measure this growing part of the digital economy.

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

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

If an AI chatbot subscription still costs $20 per month, has the price really stayed the same? In this episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That?, Jim Tebrake speaks with Barra Casey about how statisticians measure prices when technology rapidly improves. From AI chatbots to computers, learn how quality changes are reflected in inflation statistics, GDP, and the Consumer Price Index.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jto7nOIzsQ

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

What are you really buying when you purchase a lottery ticket? In this episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That, Jim Tebrake speaks with Rich Wild about how lotteries are recorded in official economic statistics. From GDP and transfers to charity lotteries and jackpot payouts, discover how statisticians break down one simple ticket into multiple economic transactions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi-ByHCMaiM

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

When esteemed economist and author Eswar Prasad set out to write his latest book, it was to be about the promise of some recent trends within the world’s economic and power structures, but he found something darker. The Doom Loop is about what happens when the positive forces that normally bring stability begin to work against each other. In this podcast, Prasad says that the dynamics of this negative feedback loop have led to the erosion of institutions across the globe.

Transcript (https://traffic.libsyn.com/imfpodcast/Eswar_Prasad-Doom_Loop-transcript-IMF_Podcast.pdf) : https://bit.ly/4d5i8Df

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBdq80-tJpE

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

How is GDP measured when a company designs a product in one country but manufactures it in another? In this episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That?, Jim Tebrake speaks with Jennifer Ribarsky from the IMF’s Statistics Department about factoryless goods production, global value chains, and how statisticians track value added across borders. Learn why ownership, production risk, and intellectual property matter when measuring trade, imports, and economic output.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYkMU3E7V7Q

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

The IMF explains how the conflict in the Middle East is impacting sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tForWQSQIeE

Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)

While it is true that death and taxes are unavoidable, good tax policies can help delay the inevitable. So-called sin taxes on alcohol, tobacco, sugar, and other harmful products can raise revenues and reduce public healthcare spending. In this podcast, economist Christoph Rosenberg says sin taxes are relatively easy to collect and, done right, can nudge people towards healthier lifestyles.

Transcript (https://traffic.libsyn.com/imfpodcast/Christoph_Rosenberg-transcript-IMF_Podcast.pdf) : https://bit.ly/4ttwKmI

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHLIu7ahE60