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Panama: 2016 article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Panama

November 2, 2016

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Panama: 2016 article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Panama, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2016) accessed November 22, 2024

Summary

This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights Panama’s expected continued growth—among the strongest in Latin America—against a backdrop of low inflation, a stable financial system, and a declining current account deficit. GDP grew by 5.8 percent in 2015, and growth is projected to remain at about 6 percent in 2016 and over the medium term. The economy will be supported by the expected opening of the expanded canal and lower fuel prices. The overall fiscal deficit is expected to consolidate to 1.2 percent of GDP over the medium term. Public debt is projected as sustainable.

Subject: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Banking, Commercial banks, Crime, Financial institutions, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Public debt, Revenue administration

Keywords: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Authority, Banking system, Canal revenue, Caribbean, Central America, Commercial banks, CR, Customs authority, Deficit, Disaster risk management program, FATF assessment, Finance minister, Fiscal stance, Fondo de Ahorro de Panama, Global, Government finance statistics yearbook, ISCR, Panama, Panama energy diagnostic, Panamanian authorities, Panama's superintendent, Removal from the FATF list of country, Safeguards ASSESSMENT policy, Superintendent of bank

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    69

  • Volume:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2016/337

  • Stock No:

    1PANEA2016001

  • ISBN:

    9781475550856

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685