The mission assisted the Cook Islands Statistics Office in compiling the quarterly GDP by production (GDP(P)) from Q3 2024 to Q2 2025 as well as the 2024 annual GDP(P) estimates. The plans for ...

Please note this report is only available in Spanish] The IMF’s Statistics Department assisted Bolivia’s National Institute of Statistics (INE) in updating the quarterly national accounts, introducing ...

Dialing down uncertainty, reducing vulnerabilities, and investing in innovation, can help deliver durable economic gains ...

Opening Remarks by Alfred Kammer, Director of the European Department, IMF, at the press conference on the economic outlook ...

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivers remarks at the Plenary Session of the 2025 Annual Meetings.

The region has proved unexpectedly resilient, aided by a front-loading of exports, technology investment, and policy support.

Policymakers should strengthen oversight of nonbank financial intermediaries, whose increasing interconnectedness with banks ...

Introductory Remarks at the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department Press Briefing By Rodrigo Valdés Director of the Western Hemisphere Department 2025 Annual Meetings ...

Our analysis, in the context of Brazil’s latest yearly economic review (the Article IV consultation), shows that concerns ...

Launch of the October 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for the Middle East and Central Asia ...

Growth in the region was steady and disinflation slow, but rising public debt and weak medium-term growth pose challenges. Fiscal effort, strong monetary policy frameworks, and productivity reforms ...

Good morning, everyone. Good evening to all of you worldwide. I am Tatiana Mossot from the IMF Communications Department. I will be your host for today's Fiscal Monitor Press Briefing: spending ...