The Solomon Islands: 2009 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Supplement to the Staff Report; Public Information Notice; Statement by the Executive Director for the Solomon Islands

November 3, 2009

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The Solomon Islands: 2009 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Supplement to the Staff Report; Public Information Notice; Statement by the Executive Director for the Solomon Islands, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2009) accessed November 22, 2024

Summary

This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic conditions in the Solomon Islands have weakened in 2009, given the effects of the global recession and a logging sector decline. Real GDP growth is projected at 0.4 percent in 2009, compared with 6.9 percent in 2008. On the positive side, inflation pressures have eased substantially, mainly owing to lower fuel and food prices. Executive Directors have advised the authorities to address the increasingly unsustainable fiscal situation, given possible permanent losses in logging-related revenues, relatively large expenditure outlays, and government financing constraints.

Subject: Commercial banks, Economic sectors, Expenditure, External debt, Financial institutions, Fiscal stance, Public debt, Public sector

Keywords: August, Australia and New Zealand, Broad money growth, Cocoa export, Commercial banks, CR, Debt, Expenditure pressure, Export level, Global, ISCR, Pacific Islands, Palm oil export, Public sector, U.S. dollar

Publication Details

Pages:

63
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2009/309
Stock No:

1SLBEA2009001
ISBN:

9781451834420
ISSN:

1934-7685

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