Comprehensive, country-specific understanding of housing and mortgage markets can help calibrate monetary policy ...

McWilliams draws from and builds on authors with like titles, including Money by Eric Lonergan and Felix Martin’s Money: The ...

Today, China and the United States are racing to gain mastery over artificial intelligence, which has been compared to ...

Gross domestic product (GDP) is one of the world’s most-watched statistics. It’s the benchmark of economic performance and a ...

Sea turtles and brightlycolored tropical fish circle coral reefs and conch shells while cricketing great Sir Viv Richards ...

New accession candidates will need to undertake equally ambitious reforms to make the next expansion a comparable success ...

Qatar’s economy has shown signs of a gradual rebound from the post-World Cup growth moderation. Near-term real GDP growth is expected to reach 2 percent, and the medium-term outlook is more favorable, ...

The way households and businesses react to current and expected future growth is very important for private debt. Given weak growth prospects many firms and households are opting to pay down debt. The ...

The IMF Executive Board today completed the third review of Ghana’s 36-month Extended Credit Facility Arrangement. This allows for the immediate disbursement of SDR 269.1 million (about US$360 million ...

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) sets a high benchmark for transparency and is considered by the external stakeholders one of the most reputable and effective public institutions in South Africa, ...

What is the status of Madagascar’s economic program with the IMF? In June 2024, the IMF Executive Board approved two new arrangements with Madagascar supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) ...

This roundtable will mark the release of the IMF’s 2024 Global Debt Database Vintage and the Global Debt Monitor. The discussion will focus on the drivers and prospects for global debt, especially the ...