Kuwait: 2023 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report

September 18, 2023

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International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept. "Kuwait: 2023 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report", IMF Staff Country Reports 2023, 331 (2023), accessed December 18, 2024, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400254680.002

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Summary

The 2023 Article IV Consultation discusses that benefiting from high oil prices, Kuwait’s economic recovery continues, and inflation is contained. Non-oil gross domestic product (GDP) growth rose to an estimated 3.4 percent in 2021, benefiting from a recovery in domestic and external demand, and strengthened further to 4.0 percent in 2022. This, together with a pickup in oil production, resulted in a rebound in overall real GDP growth to 8.2 percent in 2022. While oil GDP growth is expected to decline in 2023 due to oil production cuts, non-oil GDP growth would stay robust, driven by domestic demand, and is foreseen to remain steady over the medium term. A structural reform package is needed to boost labor productivity and non-oil private sector-led growth. Strong non-oil private sector-led growth is needed to absorb new labor market entrants. This requires a comprehensive set of reforms that tackle deep-rooted structural challenges. In order to incentivize Kuwaitis to seek careers in the private sector, labor market reforms to promote a market aligned wage structure are needed.

Subject: Expenditure, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, International organization, Monetary policy, Oil prices, Prices, Revenue administration

Keywords: Fiscal stance, Fund standard, Global, Higher-than-estimated capital expenditure, IMF staff calculation, Oil GDP growth, Oil prices, Staff appraisal

Publication Details

Pages:

83
Volume:

2023
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400254680.002
Issue:

331
Series:

Country Report No. 2023/331
Stock No:

1KWTEA2023001
ISBN:

9798400254680
ISSN:

1934-7685

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