Slovak Republic has made significant progress in institutionalizing spending reviews, having completed spending reviews covering 64 percent of total public spending since initiating the spending ...

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 ...

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 ...

Une délégation du FMI dirigée par Jean-François Dauphin s’est rendue à Bruxelles pour conduire la mission 2025 au titre de l’article IV pour la Belgique. Les discussions, qui se sont tenues du 22 janv ...