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IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Senegal
March 14, 2023
“The Senegalese economy in 2022 experienced a sharper-than-anticipated slowdown, with real GDP growth now estimated at about 4 percent against 4.7 percent expected, reflecting a disappointing harvest season and a contraction in industrial production. Average inflation reached a multi-decade high of 9.7 percent, largely on account of food inflation.
IMF Staff Concludes Working Visit to the Central African Republic
March 14, 2023
IMF Staff Concludes Working Visit to the Central African Republic
IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Senegal
March 14, 2023
“The Senegalese economy in 2022 experienced a sharper-than-anticipated slowdown, with real GDP growth now estimated at about 4 percent against 4.7 percent expected, reflecting a disappointing harvest season and a contraction in industrial production. Average inflation reached a multi-decade high of 9.7 percent, largely on account of food inflation.
Guatemala: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2023 Article IV Mission
March 14, 2023
Guatemala should continue to build on the achievements made in economic policy. The Guatemalan economy continued to show resilience in 2022, with growth exceeding its potential. Macroeconomic and financial stability was preserved despite an unfavorable global context—trading partners’ growth slowing down, prices surging, and global monetary conditions tightening. Large remittance inflows and vibrant bank credit to the private sector have played an important role in sustaining solid private consumption. Also, large levels of international reserves persist. Stability was also the result of prudent monetary and fiscal policies.
IMF Staff Reach Staff-Level Agreement on Third Review for Moldova’s Extended Credit Facility and Extended Fund Facility Arrangements
March 14, 2023
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Mr. Ruben Atoyan, conducted discussions during March 1–14, 2023 for the third review of Moldova’s program under the IMF’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangements.
Digitalization During the COVID-19 Crisis: Implications for Productivity and Labor Markets in Advanced Economies
Housing Supply in the Netherlands: The Road to More Affordable Living: NETHERLANDS
March 13, 2023
Selected Issues Paper No. 2023/023
Assessing Recent Climate Policy Initiatives in the Netherlands: NETHERLANDS
March 13, 2023
Selected Issues Paper No. 2023/022
Dutch Inflation: Developments, Drivers, and the Risk of Wage-Price Spiral: NETHERLANDS
March 13, 2023
Selected Issues Paper No. 2023/021
Statement by IMF Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura at the Conclusion of His Visit to Chad
March 13, 2023
Statement by IMF Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura at the Conclusion of His Visit to Chad
Statement by IMF Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura at the Conclusion of His Visit to Chad
March 13, 2023
Statement by IMF Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura at the Conclusion of His Visit to Chad
IMF Staff and the Argentine Authorities Reach Staff-Level Agreement on the Fourth Review Under the Extended Fund Facility Arrangement
March 13, 2023
“The Argentine authorities and IMF staff reached staff-level agreement on an updated macroeconomic framework and associated policies necessary to complete the fourth review under Argentina’s arrangement. This agreement is subject to approval by the IMF Executive Board, which is expected to meet in the coming weeks. Completion of the review will give Argentina access to about US$ 5.3 billion (SDR 4.0 billion).
Deconstructing ESG Scores: How to Invest with your own Criteria?
Public versus Private Cost of Capital with State-Contingent Terminal Value
March 10, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/056
Heterogeneous Spending, Heterogeneous Multipliers
March 10, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/052
Optimal Monetary and Macroprudential Policies under Fire-Sale Externalities
March 10, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/051
Who Pays for Your Rewards? Redistribution of the Credit Card Market
March 10, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/054
Do Capital Controls Limit Inflow Surges?
March 10, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/050
The Heterogeneous Effects of U.S. Monetary Policy on Non-Bank Finance
March 10, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/055
Sectoral Impact and Propagation of Weather Shocks
March 10, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/053