## Malta: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation

_IMF Staff Country Reports, July 14, 1999_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 14, 1999
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451826562.002

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### Executive summary and macroeconomic findings
- 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.

### Policy-related themes and subject areas
- 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.

### Document and publication specifics
- Publication title: Malta: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation
- Publication date: July 14, 1999
- Pages: 40
- Volume: 1999
- Issue: 060
- Series: Country Report No. 1999/060
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451826562.002
- Stock No: 1MLTEA0011999
- ISBN: 9781451826562
- ISSN: 1934-7685

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

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