End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do ...

Chapter 4. Sources for Other Components of the 2008 SNA (Tables and Charts) ...

Frontier Market (FM) status serves as a steppingstone for Low-Income Countries (LICs) aspiring to become Emerging Markets (EMs). Since the concept first emerged over three decades ago, FMs have gained ...

This paper investigates the transmission of oil price shocks to the banking sector in oil-dependent economies, using Oman as a case study. We develop a DSGE model featuring an integrated banking block ...

COMING SOON Launch of the July 2026 World Economic Outlook Update. The World Economic Outlook (WEO) is a survey of prospects and policies by the IMF staff, usually published twice ...

The elevated regional tensions are casting a shadow on Israel’s economy. Growth forecasts for 2026 have been revised down to 3.5 percent from 4.8 percent before the war in the Middle East, while ...

This paper examines how tokenization and distributed ledger technology may transform Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) by enabling smart contracts to perform a growing share of functions ...

While strong fundamentals, such as low public debt, will continue to cushion the economy against shocks, economic growth has been tepid and uneven with a softening labor market, amid a worsening ...

End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do ...

Swallow and comprising Matteo Ghilardi, Yaroslav Hul, and Marina Mendes Tavares held discussions in Auckland and Wellington during June 18-July 1 for the 2026 Article IV consultation with New Zealand.

Do you have a few minutes to participate in a survey about the IMF’s work and communications in Asia? Your views will help us improve engagement ahead of the 2026 Annual Meetings in Thailand.

IMF staff and the Egyptian authorities have reached staff level agreement on the policies that could support completion of the seventh review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the second ...