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Artificial intelligence is reshaping how financial firms price risk, allocate credit, and respond to stress. It is increasingly embedded in the decision‑making architecture of the financial system.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2026 Article IV consultation with Brazil on July 20, 2026.

Italy’s financial system remains broadly sound and has demonstrated resilience in a challenging macrofinancial and geopolitical environment. Since the 2020 FSAP, banks have rebuilt capital, achieved ...

The largest disruption to the global oil market in decades should have sent prices soaring. But after spiking at the start of the war in the Middle East, crude prices soon settled in a range of $90 to ...

The Brazilian financial system has undergone significant change since the 2018 FSAP. While the system remains bank-dominated, with two of the six largest banks state-owned, technology-driven change ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Ms. Iva Petrova, held discussions on the third review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the second review under the Resilience and ...

Artificial intelligence can boost productivity, create better jobs, and improve public services in sub-Saharan Africa, but ...

This publication aims to shape the policy debate on how to deepen the EU single market by proposing a concrete, operational blueprint for an optional EU-wide enterprise regime. It shows how a 28th ...

The IMF Executive Board completed the First Review of Ukraine’s 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement, enabling an immediate disbursement of SDR 503 million (about US$690 million). Ukraine ...