The IMF and COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Latest News

• Policies, Politics and Pandemics – F&D Magazine - June 2020
• IMF Executive Board Approves Two-Year US$23.93 Billion Flexible Credit Line Arrangement for Chile - May 29, 2020
• IMF Executive Board Approves Two-Year US$11 Billion Flexible Credit Line Arrangement for Peru - May 28, 2020
• COVID-19: The Regulatory and Supervisory Implications for the Banking Sector: A Joint IMF-World Bank Staff Position Note - May 21, 2020
• How the IMF is Promoting Transparent and Accountable Use of COVID-19 Financial Assistance - May 5, 2020
• Kristalina Georgieva's Opening Remarks at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue XI - April 29, 2020
• WTO and IMF Joint Statement on Trade and the COVID-19 response - April 24, 2020
• IMF COVID-19 Response—A New Short-Term Liquidity Line to Enhance The Adequacy Of The Global Financial Safety Net - April 22, 2020
• The Managing Director of the IMF and the Heads of the RFAs Emphasize their Readiness to Cooperate to Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19 on the Global Economy - April 21, 2020
• World Bank Group and IMF mobilize partners in the fight against COVID-19 in Africa - April 17, 2020
• "Mobilizing with Africa," Speech by Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director - April 17, 2020
• IMF Managing Director's Statement to the Development Committee - April 17, 2020

Blogs

A Global Crisis Like No Other Needs a Global Response Like No Other

• How the Great Lockdown Saved Lives - June 2, 2020 -NEW!
• Equity Investors Must Pay More Attention to Climate Change Physical Risk - May 29, 2020
• Keeping Economic Data Flowing During COVID-19, May 26, 2020
• COVID-19 Worsens Pre-existing Financial Vulnerabilities - May 22, 2020
• Tracking the $9Trillion Global Fiscal Support to Fight COVID-19-May 20, 2020
• Dampening the Impact of Global Financial Shocks on Emerging Market Economies - May 19, 2020
• Making Economies More Resilient to Downturns - May 18, 2020
• Tracking Trade During the COVID19 Pandemic - May 14, 2020
• Emerging from the Great Lockdown in Asia and Europe - May 12, 2020
• How Pandemics Leave the Poor Even Farther Behind - May 11, 2020

How the IMF Helps Countries

Emergency Financial Assistance by Region
(Last updated: May 20, 2020)

Notes: How Governments Can Support People And Firms During COVID-19
(Last updated: May 28, 2020)

Policy Tracker: Economic responses to COVID-19 by 193 countries
(Last updated: May 29, 2020)

Multimedia

Podcast: Middle East, Central Asia Face Perfect Storm Amid COVID-19

• IDEAS to Respond to Weaker Growth | Fiscal Monitor Chapter 2 - May 6, 2020
• CGD Conversations on COVID-19 and Development: Antoinette Sayeh - April 22, 2020
• Global Financial Stability Amid COVID-19 Pandemic - April 14, 2020
• Fiscal Policy Provides Lifelines to People, Economies - April 14, 2020

FAQs

• QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: The IMF's Response to COVID-19
  Last updated: May 20, 2020
• QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: About the 2020 IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings

Factsheets

• How the IMF Can Help Countries Address the Economic Impact of Coronavirus
• How the IMF is Promoting Transparent and Accountable Use of COVID-19 Financial Assistance
• Short-term Liquidity Line (SLL)
• IMF Stand-By Arrangement (SBA)
• IMF Lending
• IMF Rapid Credit Facility (RCF)
• The IMF's Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI)
• Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust
• IMF Capacity Development