Dhaka, Bangladesh –September 30 , 2024: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission team led by Mr. Chris Papageorgiou visited Dhaka during September 24–30 to discuss recent developments and the ...

Growth reached 4.9 percent in 2023, driven by services, manufacturing, and high transfers from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). The latter helped move the external current account to a ...

Phnom Penh,Cambodia : An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Kenichiro Kashiwase, visited Cambodia during September 17-30 to hold discussions for the 2024 Article IV consultation. At the ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2024 Article IV consultation and approved a 37-month Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Pakistan ...

Adverse external and domestic shocks led to a sharp slowdown in early 2023, but economic growth is gaining momentum thanks to a strong rebound in exports and expansionary fiscal and monetary policies.

Fiscal policy uncertainty (FPU)—ambiguity in government spending and tax plans, as well as in public debt valuation—is widely regarded as a source of economic and financial disruptions. However, ...

Gita Gopinath, IMF First Deputy Managing Director, delivers the Whitaker Lecture at the Central Bank of Ireland, addressing ...

The average highest-income household in Europe paid about $10.75 per ton of carbon dioxide in 2020. As the Chart of the Week shows, the lowest-income households pay on average $1.25 more. This gap ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded on August 30 the 2024 Article IV Consultation1 with Vietnam.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a 40-month arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Liberia, amounting to SDR155 million (60 percent of the ...

Forecasting inflation has become a major challenge for central banks since 2020, due to supply chain disruptions and economic uncertainty post-pandemic. Machine learning models can improve forecasting ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded on September 16, 2024 the Article IV consultation with Brunei Darussalam on a lapse-of-time basis.