The 2024 Article IV Consultation discusses that Botswana’s economic growth is expected to slow to 1 percent in 2024 primarily because of a diamond market contraction, before picking up next year.

The Mauritian economy has exhibited resilience, with growth of 3.2 percent in 2025 and easing inflation in early 2026. However, the near term outlook has weakened amid heightened global uncertainty ...

The G20 had made enhancing cross-border payments a priority. Faster, cheaper, more transparent and more inclusive cross-border payment services have the potential to be transformative for citizens and ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released the seventh edition of the Integrated Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM7, the ...

Chile’s economy remains resilient, with the credibility of its strong policy institutions especially valuable in responding to yet another global shock and particularly important in tackling ...

Developing countries face major difficulties as income from natural resource extraction industries decreases and wealthier nations reduce their aid. Nontax revenue from natural resources extraction ...

On April 27, 2026, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Article IV Consultation for ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Article IV Consultation for Angola. This also ...

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today that Pierre‑Olivier Gourinchas will return to academia at the University of California, Berkeley, ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Mr. Sergei Antoshin, visited Kingstown and held discussions with St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ authorities and other counterparts during April ...

IMF Reaches Staff Level Agreement with Côte d’Ivoire on the Sixth Review of the EFF/ECF Arrangements and the Fifth Review of the RSF Arrangement ...

We estimate the macroeconomic effects of import tariffs and trade policy uncertainty in the United States, combining theory-consistent and narrative sign restrictions in Bayesian SVARs. We find mostly ...