Sources: Data provided by the Brunei authorities; and Fund staff estimates and projections. 1/ Non-oil and gas GDP includes the downstream sector. 2/ In absence of government debt and interest ...

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 ...

As relatively small open economies, South-East Asian emerging markets (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand or ASEAN-4) are highly susceptible to external shocks—both financial and real—that ...

While Chinese banks have become the top cross-border lender to EMDEs, their expansion has slowed recently, both in terms of volume and market share. Also, the strong correlation of China’s bilateral ...

International Monetary Fund Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, delivered the following remarks during the Interactive Dialogue 1: Transforming Global Governance and Turbocharging the ...

Gita Gopinath, IMF First Deputy Managing Director, delivers the Whitaker Lecture at the Central Bank of Ireland, addressing ...

Conservative politics has traditionally been defined by its emphasis on fiscal prudence and the idea of a small state. While ...

Let me also welcome our speaker today: the President of the European Central Bank, Madame Christine Lagarde. Christine’s extraordinary professional standing and personal charisma have earned her ...

Lithuania’s immediate fiscal challenges are national security and higher costs of borrowing, but fiscal prospects are further exacerbated by long-term pressures stemming from climate change and a ...

IMF Managing Director Appoints Yan Liu as General Counsel and Director of the Legal Department - Washington, DC – September 20, 2024: Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International ...

On September 9, 2024, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Bhutan.

The use of standing resolution powers to transfer ownership of Credit Suisse, after bailing in shareholders and creditors, rather than relying on emergency legislation to effect a merger, would have ...