Opening Remarks by Krishna Srinivasan, Director of the Asia and Pacific Department at the press conference on the release of the IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific, April 30, 2024, S ...

The outlook for Asia and the Pacific in 2024 has brightened: we now expect that the region’s economy will slow less than we previously projected as inflation pressures continue to dissipate. We have ...

The region has an opportunity to develop critical minerals markets and processing industries to maximize the coming boom.

Today, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the second and final review of Pakistan’s economic reform program supported by the IMF’s Stand-By Arrangement (SBA).

Keynote Address by Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director, at the Annual EU Budget Conference 2024 “Looking Ahead: The EU Budget of the Future,” April 29, 2024, Brussels ...

Despite gloomy predictions, the global economy remains remarkably resilient, with steady growth and inflation slowing almost ...

Public debt-to-GDP ratios have undergone substantial fluctuations over both the short and long term. Most recently, global debt-to-GDP ratios peaked at 100% on average in 2020 due to COVID-19, ...

The expansion of bilateral swap arrangements (BSAs) since the Global Financial Crisis has led to a substantial reconfiguration of the Global Financial Safety Net (GFSN). This paper examines the ...

Traditionally, a divergence between asset price volatility and uncertainty has preceded volatility spikes, which could occur ...

The Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) has been hit hard by two shocks, just a few years apart. The first shock in 2015–16 was triggered by a sharp decline in oil prices—CEMAC’s ...

Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management. Summary: Against the backdrop of a ...

There have been significant improvements in public investment management (PIM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Republika Srpska (RS) over the last decade and the legal and institutional design is now ...