Capital flow restrictions have long been debated as a tool to manage external financial vulnerabilities, as volatile ...

The Council of the European Union decided on July 8, 2025 that Bulgaria had fulfilled the necessary conditions for adoption ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV Consultation with Moldova. [The authorities have consented to the publication of the Staff Report prepared for ...

Following a request to the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC), a mission was held from July 7 to 10, 2025, in Belmopan and Belize City to assist the Belize Financial Services ...

This technical assistance report documents the key phases of the scoping mission for the development of a macroeconomic model based on financial programming, conducted in Libreville from May 5 to 15, ...

Mozambique’s economy has slowed sharply since 2016 with two-thirds of the population below the poverty line. While over half a million young people enter the job market annually, job creation remains ...

This paper empirically evaluates the ability of current Large Language Models (LLMs) to analyze macrofinancial coverage in IMF Article IV staff reports, using human economists' assessments as a ...

Cadasters—records of land and property ownership—constitute an important pillar of a country’s institutional landscape by enabling the assignment of property rights. This paper examines the impact of ...

U.S. policymakers have embarked on a systemic reorientation of the U.S. economy with the overarching goal to increase ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved today a 48-month extended arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) with an amount of SDR 5.9353 billion (about US$8.1 ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the seventh review under the blended Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangements, and the ...

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Ron van Rooden, visited Damascus from February 15–19, 2026, to discuss the authorities’ reform progress and priorities, as well as furth ...