Activity is decelerating. Despite an expansionary fiscal stance, growth is slowing to around 1½ percent this year, partly due ...

The IMF Board today completed the Fifth Review of the extended arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Ukraine, enabling a disbursement of about US.1 billion (SDR 834.9 million) to ...

As governments design policy packages to address the main macroeconomic questions of our times, putting a gender lens on macroeconomics can amplify reform impact. In this note, IMF staff’s analysis ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed today the first review of the 48-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Ethiopia.

Global public debt is very high. It is expected to exceed $100 trillion, or about 93 percent of global gross domestic product by the end of this year and will approach 100 percent of GDP by 2030. This ...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Honduran authorities have reached staff level agreement on a set of comprehensive policies and reforms needed to complete the first and second reviews ...

Global public debt is elevated. It is projected to exceed US$100 trillion in 2024 and will rise over the medium term. This chapter shows that risks to the debt outlook are heavily tilted to the upside ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Frederic Lambert conducted discussions for the 2024 Article IV consultation and first reviews of the arrangements supported by the Extended Credit ...

One of the best-known gauges is the Economic Policy Uncertainty Index, which tallies how many news stories in major publications cite uncertainty, the economy, and policy. Others track the difference ...

A booming mining sector, record high coal exports, and strong household and government spending have led to buoyant economic activity despite a large contraction in agriculture due to the severe ...

AI-driven trading could lead to faster and more efficient markets, but also higher trading volumes and greater volatility in times of stress.