IMF Staff Country Reports

Gabon : Request for a Purchase Under the Rapid Financing Instrument-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Gabon

Author/Editor:

International Monetary Fund. African Dept.

Publication Date:

April 16, 2020

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

The COVID-19 pandemic and concurrent collapse in oil prices are expected to put the economy under extreme stress, particularly in a context of limited buffers. Economic growth will slow, and the fiscal and external positions will weaken, creating significant additional financing needs in 2020.

Series:

Country Report No. 20/109

Subject:

Balance of payments Economic recovery Macroprudential policies and financial stability Oil prices Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) Terms of trade