Uruguay Resident Representative Site

Resident Representative Office in Uruguay

This web page provides information in on the activities of the Office, views of the IMF staff, and the relations between Uruguay and the IMF. Additional information can be found on Uruguay and IMF country page, including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents in English and Spanish that deal with Uruguay.

News and Highlights

Strong Recovery in Latin America, But Eye on Overheating

With many Latin American and Caribbean economies recovering faster than anticipated, the challenge for policymakers is ensuring a moderation in domestic demand to avoid overheating, the IMF said. 

Larger Latin American Economies Recovering Faster than Expected

Latin American countries are recovering more strongly than expected from the global recession, but the pace of that recovery varies across the region, said Nicolás Eyzaguirre, Director of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department. 

Post-Crisis Bank Behavior: Lessons from Mercosur

Working Paper by Sanya, Sarah O. | Mlachila, Montfort 

Uruguay and The IMF

Uruguay: Financial System Stability Assessment

May 31, 2013
Series: Country Report No. 13/152 

Uruguay: Selected Issues

May 8, 2013
Series: Country Report No. 13/109 

Uruguay: 2012 Article IV Consultation

May 8, 2013
Series: Country Report No. 13/108 

Public Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2012 Article IV Consultation with Uruguay

December 14, 2012
Each Public Information Notice contains a background section, a table of selected economic indicators, and an Executive Board assessment. 

Press Release: IMF Concludes 2012 Article IV Mission to Uruguay

November 2, 2012

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Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere

Growth in Latin America is set to pick up to about 3½ percent in 2013, broadly in line with potential. The region continues to benefit from favorable external financing conditions and relatively high commodity prices, but these tailwinds are unlikely to last forever. The key challenges for policymakers today are preserving macroeconomic and financial stability, and building strong foundations for sustained growth in the future. More prudent fiscal policy would help ease pressure on capacity constraints, mitigate the widening of current account deficits, and prepare the economies better to deal with adverse external shocks. Exchange rate flexibility and prudential measures should continue to be used to discourage speculative capital flows. Sustaining strong output growth will require structural reforms to raise productivity growth.