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August 21, 2020
IMF Reaches a Staff-Level Agreement for the First Review of the Extended Credit Facility-Extended Fund Facility for Ethiopia
August 19, 2020
IMF Staff Issues an Interim Performance Update to the Board on Seychelles’ Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI)
August 17, 2020
Chart of the week - Aging Economies May Benefit Less from Fiscal Stimulus
August 14, 2020
IMF Reaches a Staff-Level Agreement with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on an Extended Credit Facility Arrangement
August 13, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact than anticipated in the first half of 2020, and the recovery is projected to be more gradual amidst a lot of uncertainty.
August 3, 2020
Our new External Sector Report shows that overall current account deficits and surpluses in 2019 were just below 3 percent of world GDP, slightly less than a year earlier. Our latest forecasts for 2020 imply only a further narrowing by some 0.3 percent of world GDP, a more modest decline than after the global financial crisis 10 years ago.
June 25, 2020
In the newest Global Financial Stability Update, we analyze the tug of war between the real economy and financial markets and the risks involved.
July 30, 2020
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June 28, 2020
In 1990, Latin America’s average GDP per capita was a little over a quarter of the United States’ income level, while emerging and developing Asian countries’ GDP per capita was only 5 percent. In 2019, Asian countries had grown fourfold, but Latin America was still at the same level.
August 6, 2020
In a conversation with IMF Country Focus, Rwanda’s Minister of State in Charge of National Treasury Richard Tusabe explains how his government is leveraging technology and grass-roots networks to fight the spread of COVID-19 and ensure financial support for households and businesses.
In a conversation with IMF Country Focus, the Director-General of South Africa’s National Treasury Dondo Mogajane explains how the government has responded to the COVID-19 crisis, how IMF financing will help to stabilize the economy, and strategies for addressing debt and spurring growth.
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