An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Ernesto Ramirez Rigo, visited Beirut, Lebanon, from September 22 to 25, to ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Mr. Édouard Martin, Mission Chief for Botswana, visited Gaborone and held discussions on the 2025 Article IV consultation from September 15–26, 2025.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Srikant Seshadri, comprising Serhan Cevik, Amit Kara, and Jiaxiong Yao, visited Podgorica during September 15-26 and met with President Jakov ...

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. , ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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