Prudent anchors, corrective mechanisms, and supportive institutions can help countries comply with their fiscal rules and ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Article IV Consultation for Vanuatu and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting on a lapse-of-time basis. , ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Mr. Nathan Porter, visited Doha during September 8–17, 2025, to discuss recent economic and financial sector developments, the outlook, and the ...

Vanuatu has faced a perfect storm of shocks. The national carrier, Air Vanuatu, went into liquidation in May 2024, the capital city experienced a major earthquake in December 2024, Economic ...

Guatemala faces the challenge of closing persistent social and infrastructure gaps with one of the lowest public spending levels among developing economies. This low level of spending reflects the ...

Despite having moderate levels of public debt sovereign spreads, Guatemala is a country with limited levels of public investment efficiency (PIE) that actively constrain much needed infrastructure and ...

Many countries have adopted fiscal rules to foster fiscal discipline, but compliance has been mixed. Recent policy shifts and heightened policy uncertainty further intensify spending pressures and ...

The global economy has so far proven to be resilient in the face of higher tariffs and other major policy shifts. This ...

Decline in private lending offsets increase in public borrowing; notable differences persist across countries and income ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Mr. Fabian Bornhorst, visited Bulgaria during September 10-23 to conduct the 2025 Article IV consultation. The team met with a wide range of ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Haimanot Teferra, mission chief for Kenya, will visit Nairobi from September 25 to October 9 to initiate discussions with the Kenyan authorities ...

Labor market and human capital-building reforms are most urgent for most countries. Reforms are needed to build human capital ...