Senegal: Sixth Review Under the Policy Support Instrument-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Senegal

July 9, 2018

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Senegal: Sixth Review Under the Policy Support Instrument-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Senegal, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2018) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

Growth remained strong at 7.2 percent in 2017, with inflation contained at 1.3 percent. Higher oil prices and increased capital goods imports significantly widened the current account deficit. The macroeconomic framework in this staff report uses a new GDP series which updates the base year from 1999 to 2014 and is approximately 30 percent higher in nominal terms relative to the previously reported GDP data series.

Subject: Credit, Financial institutions, Government debt management, Loans, Money, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration

Keywords: Africa, CR, Credit, Energy price reform, Executive board discussion, Global, Government debt management, Growth momentum, ISCR, Loans, Private sector, Reform, Reform effort, Revenue-enhancing measure, Senegal's reform effort, West Africa

Publication Details

Pages:

65
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2018/211
Stock No:

1SENEA2018002
ISBN:

9781484366561
ISSN:

1934-7685

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