Malta: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation

IMF Staff Country Reports, July 14, 1999

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Real GDP growth in Malta in 1997 and 1998 continued the declining trend.
Net exports contributed to demand and offset weaker growth of real consumption and investment.
Export volumes rose by 3 percent and 5 percent in 1997 and 1998, respectively; machinery exports performed particularly strongly.
Import volumes contracted in 1997 by 4 percent before rising by 2½ percent in 1998.
Import behavior mirrored that of domestic demand, which slowed as the growth of household consumption fell to below 1 percent in 1997 and 1998.

Subject areas covered: Budget planning and preparation, Expenditure, Fiscal policy, Government debt management, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM).
Keywords included: Budget planning and preparation, CR, current account, deficit, GDP, GDP ratio, Government debt management, ISCR, liberalization, policy performance, privatization unit, staff definition.

International Monetary Fund. "Malta: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation", IMF Staff Country Reports 1999, 060 (1999).