Ecuador: Sixth Review under the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Statement by the Executive Director for Ecuador

IMF Staff Country Reports, December 16, 2022

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Real GDP is expected to expand by 2.7 percent in 2022.
Growth in 2022 is "slightly lower than expected in the last review" due to protests-related disruptions in June and slower growth in trading partners.
The review describes the economic recovery as "ongoing."

Headline inflation is expected to reach 3.8 percent yoy at end-2022.
Inflationary pressures have risen, driven by higher food and transport prices and non-tradeable services.

Tighter financing conditions for all EMs, and an increasingly challenging domestic political environment, "sharply increased spreads and postponed international market access."

The government remains committed to the Fund-supported program under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of SDR 4,615 million (661 percent of quota, about $6.5 billion) that was approved by the IMF Executive Board on September 30, 2020.
Upon completion of the Sixth and final Review under the EFF-supported program—described as "the first IMF program Ecuador will have completed in more than two decades"—an additional SDR 497 million (about $700 million) would be made available.