IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Senegal
May 3, 2024
IMF Staff Reaches Staff Level Agreement with Armenia on the Third Review of the Stand-By Arrangement
May 3, 2024
IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Moldova
May 3, 2024
Kingdom of Eswatini: Financial Sector Stability Review
May 3, 2024
The IMF conducted a diagnostic review of the financial system of the Kingdom of Eswatini and proposed a Technical Assistance Roadmap to support the authorities’ detection of risks and vulnerabilities and to enhance capacity in financial sector oversight. The financial stability module focused on areas agreed with the country authorities: financial stability and systemic risk monitoring, macroprudential frameworks and tools; crisis management and financial safety net; and supervision and regulation of banks, nonbank deposit-taking institutions, insurance, and retirement funds. The financial sector statistics module focused on key gaps in monetary and financial statistics and financial soundness indicators that hamper financial stability analysis.
Geopolitics and Its Impact on Global Trade and the Dollar
May 2, 2024
IMF’s Gita Gopinath speaks at Stanford on Geopolitics: Impact on Global Trade and the Dollar.
IMF Staff Concludes Staff Visit to Yemen
May 2, 2024
Colombia: Request for an Arrangement Under the Flexible Credit Line and Cancellation of the Current Arrangement-Press Release; Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Statement by the Executive Director for Colombia
May 2, 2024
Colombia’s very strong policies and policy frameworks have
helped to significantly reduce domestic and external imbalances and brought the economy
to more sustainable levels of activity and demand. Market confidence has improved, but
risk premia remain high compared to peers. The authorities remain committed to
sustaining their track record of very strong policies to durably eliminate imbalances while
facilitating a smooth convergence of the economy to potential levels and enhancing the
country’s resilience and capacity to respond to shocks.
Fiscal Policies
May 1, 2024