IMF Podcasts
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Amadou Sy on Why Africa is Keeping its Debt Closer to Home
17 mins; March 12, 2026
The Debt Reckoning: Rodrigo Valdés and Era Dabla-Norris
25 mins; March 02, 2026
Johan Norberg on What Makes and Breaks Golden Eras
21 mins; February 05, 2026
Enrico Letta: Harnessing Europe's Single Market
22 mins; January 27, 2026
Claudia Sahm on how Private Data can Augment Official Statistics
21 mins; December 18, 2025
Governor Chang Yong Rhee on Bank of Korea's Innovative Approach
20 mins; December 10, 2025
Pablo Peña on why AI is No Match for Human Capital
18 mins; December 02, 2025
Dante Disparte on Stablecoins and the Future of Finance
20 mins; December 02, 2025
Marc Palen on Peace Economics and Trade
21 mins; November 25, 2025
Holding Steady: Athene Laws on sub-Saharan Africa's Outlook
19 mins; November 20, 2025
Gordon Hanson on Shifting Trade Alliances
16 mins; November 13, 2025
Kenneth Rogoff on Dollar Dominance
29 mins; November 03, 2025
Where Startups Do Roam: Swati Bhatt
16 mins; October 02, 2025
Chady El Khoury on the Virtual Reality of Financial Crime
23 mins; September 30, 2025
Danny Quah on Rethinking Multilateralism
26 mins; September 17, 2025
Grit and Luck: Gita Gopinath Reflects on her Career and Roles at the Fund
18 mins; September 10, 2025
Carl Benedikt Frey on AI and Growth
27 mins; September 04, 2025
Karen Dynan on Regaining Lost Ground in Policy Influence
22 mins; July 24, 2025
Women in Economics: Stefanie Stantcheva on Thoughts that Matter
21 mins; July 15, 2025
Diaa Noureldin on Growth Prospects in an Aging World
15 mins; June 19, 2025
Recovery Interrupted: Sub-Saharan Africa's Outlook
11 mins; June 12, 2025
Ulrike Malmendier on Making Germany Grow Again
18 mins; May 29, 2025
Malaysia Bank Governor Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour on Navigating Uncertainty
21 mins; May 15, 2025
Argentina Bank Governor Santiago Bausili on Addressing Imbalances
20 mins; May 08, 2025
Xavier Jaravel on Democratizing Innovation to Spur Growth
15 mins; April 01, 2025
Amory Gethin Measures the Economic Value of Education
14 mins; March 20, 2025
Karthik Sastry on Animal Spirits and the Economy
21 mins; March 12, 2025
Oren Cass on the Invisible Hand
23 mins; March 03, 2025
Driving Change: Rumana Huque on the Real Costs of Bangladesh's Tobacco Dependency
18 mins; February 28, 2025
Sanjeev Gupta on Health Financing
13 mins; February 25, 2025
Simon Johnson on Technology, Institutions and Prosperity
26 mins; February 14, 2025
Elizabeth Johnson on Fixing Sao Paolo's Housing Deficit
16 mins; December 19, 2024
Deniz Igan on The Housing Affordability Crunch
22 mins; December 12, 2024
Driving Change: Marcela Eslava on Latin America's Social Security Woes
17 mins; December 04, 2024
Driving Change: Ipek Ilkkaracan on Why Investing in Care Pays Off
23 mins; December 04, 2024
Driving Change: Rose Ngugi on how Indices are giving Kenya an Edge
22 mins; December 04, 2024
Reforms amid Great Expectations: Sub-Saharan Africa's Outlook
21 mins; November 13, 2024
Global Financial Stability: Financial Markets Navigate Uncertainty
18 mins; October 22, 2024
The Case for a Global Corporate Minimum Tax: Cory Hillier, Shafik Hebous
22 mins; October 10, 2024
Yuval Noah Harari on Human Evolution and the AI Revolution
31 mins; September 30, 2024
Egypt: Stability Lays Groundwork for Transformation
20 mins; September 25, 2024
Nicholas Bloom on why Remote Work is Good for Growth
16 mins; September 03, 2024
Women in Economics: Kate Raworth on Economics for the Living Planet
20 mins; August 29, 2024
Raghuram Rajan on Blazing a New Path to India's Development
25 mins; August 15, 2024
Mark Aguiar: When Sovereign Debt Breaks its Promise
18 mins; August 08, 2024
Michele Ruta on Trade Shifts
26 mins; August 01, 2024
Lisa Kolovich: Gender Equality to address Shifting Demographics
16 mins; July 11, 2024
Nigeria Bank Governor Olayemi Cardoso: Regaining Stability and Trust
20 mins; June 28, 2024
Daniel Susskind on Growth: A History and A Reckoning
30 mins; June 11, 2024
Catherine Mann: A Central Banker's View on Capital Flows
21 mins; June 06, 2024
James Boughton on The Messy Legacy of Harry Dexter White
23 mins; June 03, 2024
Michael Olabisi: Thinking Globally to Pay Africa's Climate Bill
19 mins; May 27, 2024
Women in Economics: Una Osili on the Resilience of Philanthropy and Why so Few African Women Economists
19 mins; May 21, 2024
Policymaking in Times of Conflict and Instability
41 mins; May 14, 2024
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas on the Global Outlook: Steady but Slow
29 mins; May 02, 2024
Wenjie Chen on Sub-Saharan Africa's Latest Outlook
23 mins; April 25, 2024
Global Financial Stability: Fragilities Along Disinflation's Last Mile
26 mins; April 16, 2024
Kristalina Georgieva: The 2020s: Turbulent, Tepid or Transformational?
24 mins; April 11, 2024
Jeffry Frieden: How Politics and Economics Interact
23 mins; April 11, 2024
Suresh Naidu: Why Labor Market Model Falls Short
16 mins; April 04, 2024
Women in Economics: Olivia Mitchell on Retirement Reality
22 mins; March 28, 2024
Kristalina Georgieva: The Economic Possibilities for My Grandchildren
37 mins; March 21, 2024
Ulrike Malmendier on Behavioral Economics
16 mins; March 19, 2024
Poverty's Hidden Dimensions
21 mins; March 07, 2024
Not Your Grandmother's Industrial Policy: Michele Ruta
26 mins; February 22, 2024
Women in Economics: Juliet Schor on the Benefits of a 4-Day Week
19 mins; February 01, 2024
Measuring Money in the Digital Age: Jim Tebrake
18 mins; January 23, 2024
AI that Shares the Wealth: Stephanie Bell
21 mins; January 04, 2024
AI's Leg Up for the Learning Poor: Shankar Maruwada
17 mins; December 18, 2023
AI's Real Risk to Wages: Andrew Berg and Maryam Vaziri
25 mins; December 07, 2023
Daniel Susskind: AI's Transformation of Labor
22 mins; November 30, 2023
Climate Goals and Debt: A Fiscal Balancing Act
20 mins; November 28, 2023
Ian Parry: Carbon Pricing and the Power of a Good Idea
14 mins; November 20, 2023
Women in Economics: Catherine Kling on Nature's Real Worth
25 mins; November 16, 2023
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on the New Frontier for Central Banks
23 mins; November 09, 2023
Jamaica's Nigel Clarke: Stability First then Growth
16 mins; November 02, 2023
Building Resilience in Uncertain Times: Per Jacobsson Lecture
37 mins; October 24, 2023
Dilip Ratha on the Power of Remittances
19 mins; October 19, 2023
Fabio Natalucci on Financial Stability: Soft Landing or Abrupt Awakening
22 mins; October 10, 2023
Kristalina Georgieva: Building Bridges to Strong Future Growth
25 mins; October 06, 2023
Women in Economics: Eliana La Ferrara on Social Norms and Development
22 mins; September 27, 2023
Andrea Presbitero on Rewards Cards and Wealth Inequality
19 mins; September 07, 2023
Gouverneur Abdellatif Jouahri sur les réformes qui ont mis le Maroc sur la bonne voie
31 mins; August 31, 2023
Women in Economics: Nina Pavcnik on Trade and Development
21 mins; August 16, 2023
Euro Area Inflation and how Import Prices, Profits, and Wages fit in
13 mins; August 03, 2023
Jookyung Ree on the eNaira, One Year After
22 mins; July 20, 2023
Ruud De Mooij on Taxing Crypto
17 mins; July 06, 2023
Noah Kaufman on Green Trade Tensions
22 mins; June 15, 2023
Women in Economics: Claudia Goldin on Family Economics
22 mins; June 09, 2023
Michele Ruta on Discriminatory Regionalism
26 mins; May 31, 2023
Nadia Fettah and Jihad Azour: Morocco Gives Voice to the Global South
26 mins; May 26, 2023
Ruchir Agarwal on Industrial Policy
26 mins; May 22, 2023
Helping African Farmers from the Sky
24 mins; May 09, 2023
Nicolas Kazadi on DRC's Natural Wealth and the Energy Transition
19 mins; April 28, 2023
Gillian Tett: Lessons from Anthropology for the Modern Economist
34 mins; April 21, 2023
Global Financial Stability Tested by Higher Inflation and Interest Rates
17 mins; April 11, 2023
UN Refugee Chief Filippo Grandi on Where Economics Fits In
16 mins; April 06, 2023
Abebe Aemro Selassie and Ken Opalo on Making Reforms Stick in Africa
39 mins; March 30, 2023
Laura Valderrama: European Housing Markets at a Turning Point
14 mins; March 23, 2023
Johannes Wiegand on Bimetallism and Monetary Stability
18 mins; March 01, 2023