## Honduras: 2018 Article IV Consultation – Press Release; Staff Report and Statement by the Executive Director for Honduras

_IMF Staff Country Reports, July 3, 2018_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 3, 2018
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- Volume: 2018
- Issue: 206
- Pages: 81
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484366066.002
- Stock No: 1HNDEA2018001
- ISBN: 9781484366066
- ISSN: 1934-7685

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### Summary
- The IMF-supported program (2014-17) succeeded in reducing Honduras' macroeconomic imbalances.
- The next step is to adopt institutional reforms to entrench macroeconomic stability to put Honduras on a higher potential growth path.
- Subject areas covered: Banking, Credit, External debt, Money, National accounts, Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt, Public debt.

### Key findings
- The IMF-supported program period: 2014-17.
- Program outcome: succeeded in reducing macroeconomic imbalances.
- Policy focus going forward: adopt institutional reforms to entrench macroeconomic stability and raise potential growth.

### Publication and metadata
- Publication title: Honduras: 2018 Article IV Consultation – Press Release; Staff Report and Statement by the Executive Director for Honduras
- Publication date: July 3, 2018
- Pages: 81
- Volume: 2018
- Issue: 206
- Series: Country Report No. 2018/206
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484366066.002
- Stock No: 1HNDEA2018001
- ISBN: 9781484366066
- ISSN: 1934-7685

### Keywords and stakeholders
- Keywords: authorities of the BCh, authority, Central America, CR, Credit, customs authority, Global, government transparency, headline inflation, Honduran authorities, ISCR, Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt
- Relevant authorities: Honduran authorities, authority of the BCh (Central Bank)

*International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. "Honduras: 2018 Article IV Consultation – Press Release; Staff Report and Statement by the Executive Director for Honduras", IMF Staff Country Reports 2018, 206 (2018).*

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