Global Aging - New IMF Video

A new IMF Finance and Development video on some of the statistics behind global aging is now available. Just click on the link below. The world’s population is getting older. Countries need to think about how fewer young people can continue to support the elderly.

A selection of recent blogs on population issues can be found below

Unit 4 Macro: Prospects for the African Economy [21 Dec 2011]
Unit 4 Macro: India - the Road Ahead [7 Dec 2011]
The World Economy: how did we get here and where are we going? [2 Nov 2011]
Unit 4 Macro: IMF Flags up Risks of Double Dip [20 Sep 2011]
Unit 4 Macro: Inequality and Development [12 Sep 2011]
Eurozone macroeconomics for 9 year olds - brick by brick [7 Sep 2011]
What is the IMF? [12 Apr 2011]
Tracking the Global Economy - IMF on You Tube [11 Apr 2011]
IMF signs off on UK’s fiscal plans [27 Sep 2010]
Little sign yet of a Yuan appreciation [29 Jul 2010]
Roubini at the LSE - governments run out of policy bullets [20 May 2010]
The (sovereign) default option is costly [7 Apr 2010]
RES Competition: A New World Currency? [31 Mar 2010]
Rethinking the mantra of price stability [14 Feb 2010]
Impact of global recession on developing countries [18 Dec 2009]
Capital flight [17 Dec 2009]
EU warns that UK’s Black Hole is unsustainable [15 Oct 2009]
An older population requires a change of mindset [7 Oct 2009]
IMF health check on the UK economy [7 Aug 2008]
IMF and HSBC Economists on Global Shock Absorbers [19 May 2008]
Policy conflict for the UK economy? [9 Apr 2008]
Engine rooms for the world economy [3 Feb 2008]

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