IMF Staff Country Reports

Suriname: Technical Assistance Report-Medium-Term Macro-Fiscal Forecasting

Publication Date:

April 20, 2023

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This TA report summarizes the context, mission findings, and way forward for CARTAC’s provision of TA support to Suriname’s Economic Affairs Department (within the Ministry of Finance and Planning). A new medium-term macro-fiscal forecasting framework (MTFF) will be developed via several TA missions, and will focus on linking high-level revenue and expenditure projections to projections of macroeconomic determinants. In addition, a clear and transparent method of entering the effect of policy changes on these projections, and the contribution of any ‘one-off’ factors to projected revenues or expenditures, will be a key feature of the tool. Finally, training, through hands-on exercises using Surinamese data, will play an important role in supporting the development and ultimate adoption of the MTFF.

Series:

Country Report No. 2023/144

Subject:

International organization Monetary policy

Frequency:

regular