Digital money and digital payments innovations have the potential for improving cross-border payments by reducing costs, enhancing speed, and improving transparency. This note performs an empirical ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Nicaragua ...

In line with the standard procedures for members whose Article IV consultations with the IMF are extensively delayed, on February 7, 2025, the Executive Board was briefed by staff on recent economic ...

Deputy Director for the Asia and Pacific Department, Mission Chief for Japan, IMF ...

After three decades of near-zero inflation, there are signs that Japan’s economy can sustainably converge to a new equilibrium. Inflation has surpassed the Bank of Japan’s 2-percent target for over ...

On February 5, 2025, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with the Republic of Korea.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first review of the arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Liberia, allowing Liberia to draw SDR 34.3 ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Ms. Kazuko Shirono, visited Vilnius during January 27–31, 2025, to meet with the Lithuanian authorities and other stakeholders to discuss recent ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Chile on February 3, 2025 and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting on a lapse-of-time ...

A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of ...