What's New Archive
IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Bangladesh
May 7 , 2023
IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Bangladesh
IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Mozambique
May 6 , 2023
IMF staff and the Mozambican authorities have discussed performance and policies underpinning the second review of the program under the ECF arrangement. Discussions were fruitful and will continue in the coming weeks to try and reach Staff Level Agreement.
ECB Euro Liquidity Lines
May 5 , 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/096
Firm-level Digitalization and Resilience to Shocks: Role of Fiscal Policy
May 5 , 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/095
The Effects of Inflation on Public Finances
May 5 , 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/093
Who are Central Banks? Gender, Human Resources, and Central Banking
May 5 , 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/091
Remittances and Social Safety Nets During COVID-19: Evidence From Georgia and the Kyrgyz Republic
May 5 , 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/094
The Right Tool for the Job? Mortgage Distress and Personal Insolvency during the European Debt Crisis
May 5 , 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/092
Kingdom of Eswatini: 2023 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Kingdom of Eswatini
May 5 , 2023
Country Report No. 2023/160
Trinidad and Tobago: 2023 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report
May 5 , 2023
Country Report No. 2023/157
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2023 Article IV Consultation with Trinidad and Tobago
May 5 , 2023
Trinidad and Tobago’s economic activity is recovering supported by higher global energy prices and the rebound of the non-energy sector. Real GDP is estimated to have expanded by 2.5 percent in 2022. Inflation has increased, reaching 8.7 percent by end-2022, driven by imported energy and food prices, partial liberalization of domestic fuel prices in 2022, and domestic weather-related shocks. The financial sector appears well-capitalized, liquid, and profitable. Higher energy prices contributed to further improving the external position in 2022 and turning the fiscal position into a surplus in FY2022—for the first time in over a decade. Public debt has declined.
Trade Integration in Africa: Unleashing the Continent's Potential in a Changing World
May 5 , 2023
Departmental Paper No 2003/003
People’s Republic of China—Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2023 Article IV Mission
May 4 , 2023
Strong fiscal policy support has helped the economy navigate through multiple shocks over the last few years, while strong institutional frameworks and financial buffers have allowed the financial system to remain resilient and continue to operate smoothly, including the Linked Exchange Rate System (LERS).
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2023 Article IV Consultation with Kingdom of Eswatini
May 4 , 2023
Eswatini has shown resilience to multiple economic shocks. Real GDP contracted by a comparatively modest 1.6 percent in 2020 but surged by 7.9 percent in 2021 as manufacturing rebounded on the easing of COVID-19 restrictions and strengthened external demand. Real GDP growth declined in 2022 due in part to base effects but also as construction projects slowed in response to government cash constraints, and sugar cultivation and processing were affected by excessive rainfall, high fertilizer and pesticide costs, and arson. Inflation rose in the wake of surging international food and fuel prices but appears to have peaked in 2022.
IMF Climate Capacity Development (CD) Partnership Forum—First Meeting
May 4 , 2023
We deliver Climate Capacity Development not only from our headquarters in Washington, but also through our 17 Regional Capacity Development Centers, and our network of long-term experts in the field.
Nepal: Selected Issues
May 4 , 2023
Country Report No. 2023/159
Nepal: Staff Report for the 2023 Article IV Consultation, First and Second Reviews Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Requests for Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Extension of the Arrangement, and Rephasing of Disbursements-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Nepal
May 4 , 2023
Country Report No. 2023/158
Lecture by the Managing Director at the Brussels Economic Forum - "United Against a Fragmented World"
May 4 , 2023
Good morning to those in Brussels and watching online. I thank the European Commission for inviting me to deliver the Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa lecture at the Brussels Economic Forum this year. And I’m sorry I can’t do it in person.
IMF Staff Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Sierra Leone on the Sixth and Seventh Reviews of the Extended Credit Facility
May 4 , 2023
IMF Staff Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Sierra Leone on the Sixth and Seventh Reviews of the Extended Credit Facility