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Join us virtually on Thursday, April 17, from 10 AM to 10:45 AM ET (2 PM to 2:45 PM GMT) for the 2025 IMF Spring Meetings Curtain Raiser event. Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will deliver a speech on the outlook for the global economy and policy priorities for member countries.

Combining overhauls in areas including business and external regulation, governance, and human development can boost output levels by 3 percent over four years.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Nathan Porter, held discussions during a February 24-March 14, 2025 mission to Karachi and Islamabad, and virtually thereafter, for the first review of Pakistan’s economic program supported by the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and on a new arrangement under the IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF). Mr. Porter issued the following statement at the conclusion of discussions:

Sri Lanka’s Economic Reform Program is Delivering—Keep Going for a Full Recovery, Op-ed by IMF’s Peter Breuer and Martha Tesfaye Woldemichael, Originally published on The Morning, The Daily Mirror, and Ceylon Today

Julie Cooper ... With over 40 standards covering topics from asset valuations to contingent ... During a technical assistance mission, a colleague once remarked that we could “wrap up the ...

The recovery of the Fijian economy has continued, with growth estimated at around 3¾ percent in 2024, and expected to moderate to around 3 percent in 2025.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the ninth and final review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement with Suriname. The completion of the review allows the authorities to draw the equivalent of SDR 46.8 million (about USD 62 million), bringing total program disbursement to SDR 430.7 million (about USD 572 million).

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with the Slovak Republic and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting on a lapse of time basis.

Reinvigorating Global Growth through Productivity Reforms

While fundamentals remain strong, Luxembourg’s economic performance has been lackluster during 2022-24. A tepid recovery is underway, supported by public consumption. But there are risks of setbacks stemming from weaker external demand and higher financial market volatility, alongside domestic challenges in the real estate sector and fiscal pressures.