The road not taken

3 September 2015 By Swaha Pattanaik Follow @swahapattanaik

The lender’s warning on global economic risks lacks what policymakers need: insight into what’s happening to China and why market ructions have been so severe. G20 finance officials heading for Turkey need meatier, more challenging views than the IMF seems prepared to give.

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The need for policies to boost growth among G20 nations has become more urgent in the last six months and accommodative monetary policy in advanced economies was “essential”, the International Monetary Fund said on Sept. 2 in a note prepared by its staff for a meeting of Group of 20 finance officials.

The IMF said downside risks to the global economy have risen and a combination of threats including slower growth in China and rising market volatility could severely cut the outlook for global growth.

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