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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2024 Article IV Consultation with Kingdom of the Netherlands–the Netherlands
April 8 , 2024
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Kingdom of the Netherlands–the Netherlands and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting.
Changing Global Linkages: A New Cold War?
April 5 , 2024
Working Paper No. 2024/076
A Primer on Bitcoin Cross-Border Flows: Measurement and Drivers
April 5 , 2024
Working Paper No. 2024/085
Harnessing Satellite Data to Improve Social Assistance Targeting in the Eastern Caribbean
April 5 , 2024
Working Paper No. 2024/084
Unveiling the Dance of Commodity Prices and the Global Financial Cycle
April 5 , 2024
Working Paper No. 2024/082
Can Energy Subsidies Help Slay Inflation?
April 5 , 2024
Working Paper No. 2024/081
Kingdom of Eswatini: Technical Assistance Report-Financial Sector Stability Review
April 5 , 2024
Technical Assistance Report No. 2024/030
How Vulnerable is Sub-Saharan Africa to Geoeconomic Fragmentation?
April 5 , 2024
Working Paper No. 2024/083
This Is Going to Hurt: Weather Anomalies, Supply Chain Pressures and Inflation
April 5 , 2024
Working Paper No. 2024/079
Designing a Progressive VAT
April 5 , 2024
Working Paper No. 2024/078
Financial Stability in a Higher-for-Longer Interest Rate Environment The Case of the Middle East and North Africa
April 5 , 2024
Working Paper No. 2024/080
Resilience and Sustainability Trust―2024 Contribution Agreements with Belgium, Malta, Qatar, and Switzerland
April 5 , 2024
Policy Paper No. 2024/013
Suresh Naidu: Why Labor Market Model Falls Short
Review of the Adequacy of the Fund’s Precautionary Balances
April 4 , 2024
Policy Paper No. 2024/012
Gender and Business Cycles
April 4 , 2024
Gender Notes No. 2024/001
Transcript of IMF Press Briefing
April 4 , 2024
Good morning, everyone, both to those of you here with us in person and to those joining us online. Welcome to the IMF press briefing. I am Julie Kozak, Director of the Communications Department. As usual, this briefing will be embargoed until 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time in the United States.
How to Set Compensation for Government Employees
April 4 , 2024
How-To Note No 2024/003
IMF Executive Board Discusses the Adequacy of the Fund’s Precautionary Balances
April 4 , 2024
The review was based on the assessment framework established in 2010, which uses an indicative range for precautionary balances, linked to a forward-looking measure of total IMF non-concessional credit, to guide decisions on adjusting the medium-term target over time. It takes into account the macroeconomic environment, the characteristics of Fund lending, and the financial and operational risks faced by the Fund. The framework also allows for judgement in setting the target based on a broad range of factors that affect the adequacy of precautionary balances.
IMF Executive Board Statement on the Managing Director’s Selection Process
April 4 , 2024
The Board Coordinators of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr. Afonso S. Bevilaqua and Mr. Abdullah F. BinZarah, made the following statement today.
IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Kosovo on the Second Reviews of the Stand-By Agreement and the Resilience and Sustainability Facility Agreement
April 4 , 2024
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Mr. Sebastian Sosa, visited Pristina during March 18–27, 2024 to hold discussions on the second reviews of Kosovo’s Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) and Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) Arrangement.