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Jeanne Gobat is a Senior Economist in the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department. Opinions expressed in articles and other materials are those of the authors; they do not necessarily reflect ...

Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MoneyFlows, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, Certified Financial Education Instructor, and researcher who has ...