European countries face rising spending pressures and higher interest costs that could sharply increase debt and threaten growth if left unaddressed. The paper argues that maintaining fiscal ...
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Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today the appointment of Silvana ...
The Heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank Group (WBG), and World Trade Organization (WTO) met on July 7 as part of the high-level coordination ...
The war in the Middle East is expected to weigh on growth, slowing it to 2.6 percent in 2026, and to raise inflation to an average of 5.4 percent.
Cambodia’s economy has remained resilient, but growth is projected to slow in 2026 amid higher energy prices, trade policy uncertainty, weak tourism, and subdued domestic demand. Inflation has risen, ...
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today selected Kristalina Georgieva to serve as IMF Managing Director and Chair of the Executive Board for a second five-year term starting ...
The IMF Executive Board today concluded the 2026 Article IV Consultation and completed the Fifth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and the Second Review Under the Resilience and ...
IMF staff and the Zimbabwean authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on the first review under the 10-month Staff-Monitored Program approved in March 2026. Program implementation through ...
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 ...
MS. KOZACK: Hello, everyone. Welcome to this IMF press briefing. It's great to see you all here in person and online. I'm Julie Kozack, Director of the IMF's Communications Department. As usual, this ...
Kiribati expanded social protection spending in response to COVID, drastically reducing poverty. Concurrently, an increase in untargeted social protection receipts has supported spending on goods that ...