Albania: Request for Purchase under the Rapid Financing Instrument-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Albania

April 17, 2020

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Albania: Request for Purchase under the Rapid Financing Instrument-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Albania, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2020) accessed November 20, 2024

Summary

This paper focuses on Albania’s Request for Purchase Under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI). The RFI provides rapid financial assistance to member countries facing an urgent balance of payments need, without the need for a full-fledged economic program or reviews. A sizeable increase in the fiscal deficit of 2020 is necessary to limit the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It will be critical to ensure adequate spending for healthcare and support for the people and firms that are hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Albanian authorities remain committed to ensuring macroeconomic stability. Once the shocks have been overcome, it will be important to keep public debt on a clear downward path. The IMF staff supports the authorities’ request for financial assistance under the RFI to address the urgent balance of payments need due to exogenous shocks related to the 2019 earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic. The balance of payments financing need is expected to be temporary.

Subject: Balance of payments, Balance of payments need, COVID-19, External debt, Health, Monetary base, Money, Public debt, Revenue administration

Keywords: Albanian authorities, Balance of payments need, COVID-19, COVID-19 Pandemic, CR, Earthquake, EU accession process, GDP, Global, ISCR, Monetary base, Outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, RFI disbursement, Urgent balance of payments

Publication Details

Pages:

34
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2020/118
Stock No:

1ALBEA2020001
ISBN:

9781513541365
ISSN:

1934-7685

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