The global economy has weathered the latest in a series of shocks better than expected, but continued resilience should not ...

Welcome, everyone. It is wonderful to have you all here with us this morning for our Global Policy Agenda press briefing.

Investment is flowing into AI on a scale that will likely exceed the vast sums that went into building the railroads, the ...

Faced with heightened vulnerabilities, policymakers should contain leverage, strengthen debt sustainability, and harden cyber ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) Managements today released the Bangkok Blueprint, a high-level framework developed in coordination with the Bank of Thailand that ...

Mr. Seedy Keita, Chair of the African Caucus and Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of The Gambia, and Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), ...

Higher borrowing costs are adding to fiscal pressures at a time of high debt, making credible consolidation more urgent ...

The world’s economic growth engine has proven resilient, but making this durable requires adapting to AI and other transformations ...

Budget execution has been slow so far this year, reflecting administrative bottlenecks. To support the recovery, the authorities intend to accelerate the execution of public investment while sticking ...

In less than seven years, the global economy has been subjected to an exceptional sequence of events. The pandemic and the ensuing disruptions to global supply chains; wars in Ukraine and the Middle ...

The members of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) have asked Mr. Mohammed Aljadaan, Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Finance, to extend his term as Chair of the Committee by one year ...

Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to grow by 4.5 percent in both 2026 and 2027. Global supply adjustment, favorable export receipts in some countries, and earlier reforms have helped cushion the Middle ...