The Debt Limits Policy (DLP) establishes the framework for using quantitative conditionality to address the debt vulnerabilities of countries with IMF-supported programs. In October 2020, the ...

Statement by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on the Passing of Former IMF First Deputy Managing Director Mr. Stanley Fischer ...

Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, from Bulgaria, is Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board from October 1, 2019 Madame Christine Lagarde, from France, was Managing Director and Chairman of the ...

International trade can benefit women, especially in developing economies, but the rewards depend on determined policy action Gender equality is not only a fundamental right but an economic imperative ...

Asia’s near-term outlook has weakened amid rising trade tensions with growth in the reference forecast slowing to 3.9 percent this year from 4.6 percent in 2024. Notwithstanding robust growth and ...

The global economy is undergoing substantial changes, driven by fundamental shifts in trade policies. This comes at a time of deep structural transformations related to aging populations, high energy ...

This year’s report provides the external sector assessment of 30 of the world’s largest economies on the basis of their 2023 data. With tight monetary policy conditions in key advanced economies ...

This paper investigates dynamic relationships between U.S. government expenditure multipliers and the economy's cyclical position from 1949 to 2018 using a Time-Varying Parameter Vector Autoregression ...

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Mr. Alvaro Piris, visited Addis Ababa from April 3 to 17, 2025, to discuss the 2025 Article IV consultation and the third review under ...

Property insurance affordability presents a growing challenge for the ECCU. With a high reliance on global reinsurance to manage risks in high-exposure products like property, the recent tightening of ...

The Citizenship-by-Investment Programs (CBI) have long been recognized in their importance to fiscal revenue in the ECCU, but there is less clarity over their broader economic contributions. At the ...

ECCU countries are highly vulnerable to recurring and increasingly severe natural disasters. Evidence suggests that severe natural disaster have negative impacts on fiscal balances and debt in the ...