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Pakistan: 2013 Article IV Consultation and Request for an Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility

September 12, 2013

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Pakistan: 2013 Article IV Consultation and Request for an Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2013) accessed October 6, 2024

Summary

This paper highlights Pakistan’s 2013 Article IV Consultation and Request for an Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility. Discussions in the IMF report focus on macroeconomic policies to address vulnerabilities and reforms to promote robust inclusive growth. The authorities’ ambitious economic program aims to reverse the current mix of large fiscal deficits and, accommodative monetary policy, and low reserve coverage, which provides few buffers to absorb shocks. The authorities have requested a 36-month extended arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for SDR 4.393 billion.

Subject: Banking, External debt, Fiscal consolidation, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Government debt management, Imports, International trade, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Core inflation, CR, Enforcement scheme, Envisaged policy mix, Europe, Fiscal consolidation, Fiscal stance, Global, Government, Government debt management, Government priority, Imports, Intervention policy, ISCR, Middle East, Pakistani authorities, Policy, South Asia, Staff report

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    125

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2013/287

  • Stock No:

    1PAKEA2013001

  • ISBN:

    9781484379615

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685