When corporations have too much debt and need to restructure it, creditors often end up exchanging bonds or loans for stocks… https://blogs.imf.org/2020/11/19/time-is-ripe-for-innovation-in-the-world-of-sovereign-debt-restructuring/

Amid the human tragedy and economic recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic… https://blogs.imf.org/2020/06/25/financial-conditions-have-eased-but-insolvencies-loom-large/

Governments have put forward swift and significant emergency lifelines to protect people in response to the pandemic… https://blogs.imf.org/2020/05/20/tracking-the-9-trillion-global-fiscal-support-to-fight-covid-19/

While we have seen some recent volatility, many risky asset markets around the world had a spectacular year in 2019…

In the October World Economic Outlook, we described the global economy as in a synchronized slowdown, with escalating downside risks that could further derail growth… https://blogs.imf.org/2020/01/20/tentative-stabilization-sluggish-recovery/

Since the global financial crisis of 2008, emerging market economies have experienced a surge in capital flows in response to significant monetary easing by major central banks… https://blogs.imf.org/2020/01/15/ensuring-the-benefits-of-capital-flows-in-the-middle-east/