IMF Staff Country Reports

Republic of Latvia: First Post-Program Monitoring Discussions

July 16, 2012

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Republic of Latvia: First Post-Program Monitoring Discussions, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2012) accessed September 18, 2024

Summary

This collection of papers presents the First Post-Program Monitoring Discussions focusing on economic development in the Republic of Latvia. Latvia successfully completed its EU-IMF-supported program in December 2011. As part of the program, Latvia implemented fiscal consolidation measures of more than 15 percent of GDP. Executive Directors have welcomed Latvia’s economic recovery since the crisis. Directors have commended the remarkable fiscal consolidation and have also emphasized the need for continued prudence to maintain fiscal and debt sustainability.

Subject: Banking, External debt, Financial institutions, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Inflation, Loans, Prices, Public debt

Keywords: Baltics, Core inflation, CR, Deficit, Discussion, Economy, Fiscal stance, Global, Government, Headline inflation, IMF staff estimate, Inflation, ISCR, Latvian authorities, Latvia's economy, Loans, Maastricht criterion

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    51

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2012/171

  • Stock No:

    1LVAEA2012002

  • ISBN:

    9781475506488

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685