Mauritius: Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation

May 22, 2001

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Mauritius: Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed September 18, 2024

Summary

Mauritius experienced a rebound in economic activity, following a severe drought. Executive Directors welcomed the tightening of monetary policy, and noted the reversal of the real currency appreciation. They supported the initiatives to strengthen and modernize the financial sector and the institutional framework for the conduct of monetary and exchange rate policy. They emphasized the need to reduce unemployment, and suggested that the quality and timeliness of economic and financial statistics are satisfactory from the standpoint of conducting surveillance.

Subject: Balance of payments, Banking, Commercial banks, Current account balance, Exports, Financial institutions, Imports, International trade, Public debt

Keywords: Commercial banks, Consumer price inflation, CR, Currency appreciation, Current account balance, Deficit, Enterprise, Exchange rate, Exports, GDP, Global, Government's privatization program, IMF's assessment, Imports, ISCR, Mauritian authorities, Mauritian rupee, Mauritius, Regime, Sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. dollar

Publication Details

Pages:

52
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2001/077
Stock No:

1MUSEA0012001
ISBN:

9781451827729
ISSN:

1934-7685

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