What's New Archive
Women in Economics and Finance: Debate on the Next Challenges in the EU
October 24, 2023
Hello, and thank you for the opportunity to participate in today's important event during the European Gender Equality Week. Let me start by stating the obvious. Women's economic and financial empowerment is critical for economic growth, which currently remains well below its pre-pandemic average. We need more women in the workforce. When women have the same opportunity as men to fully participate in the labor market, it is not only good for them: it is good for their families, their communities, and their countries.
Belgium: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2023 Article IV Mission
October 24, 2023
Belgium: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2023 Article IV Mission
Nancy Onyango, Director of the Office of Internal Audit and Inspection, to Leave the IMF
October 23, 2023
Nancy Onyango, Director of the Office of Internal Audit and Inspection (OIA), will leave the Fund on January 29, 2024, when her second term ends, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva announced today.
A Framework for Climate Change Mitigation in India
October 20, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/218
Financial Stress and Economic Activity: Evidence from a New Worldwide Index
October 20, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/217
Zimbabwe: Technical Assistance Report—Financial Soundness Indicators Statistics Mission
October 19, 2023
Country Report No. 2023/353
IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement on the First Review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility Arrangement
October 19, 2023
“The IMF team reached a staff-level agreement with the Sri Lankan authorities on the first review under an economic reform program supported by a 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement. The arrangement was approved by the IMF Executive Board for a total amount of SDR 2.3 billion (about US$3 billion) on March 20, 2023.
Dilip Ratha on the Power of Remittances
Zimbabwe: Technical Assistance Report—FSSR Follow up Technical Assistance—Implementation of the Basel II/III Capital Framework
October 19, 2023
Country Report No. 2023/351
IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement on the First Review under the Extended Credit Facility, Extended Fund Facility, Resilience and Sustainability Facility, and Concludes the 2023 Article IV Consultation with Bangladesh
October 19, 2023
IMF mission team led by Mr. Rahul Anand visited Dhaka during October 4–19, 2023 to discuss economic and financial policies in the context of the first review of the IMF’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF), Extended Fund Facility (EFF), Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) and the 2023 Article IV consultation.
Transcript of Press Briefing on Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific, Singapore, October 2023
October 18, 2023
Transcript of Press Briefing on Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific, Singapore, October 2023
The European Outlook and Policymaking: Seeing Off Inflation and Pivoting to Longer-Term Reforms
October 18, 2023
Good morning to all of you. Thank you for the introduction. It is a pleasure to be here today and for the first time at the Budapest Economic Forum. I am honored to have been invited to speak. Today, I will discuss the outlook for Europe and how we see the risks. Inflation, implications of the geoeconomic fragmentation, and the green transition will be particular areas of focus. I will discuss key policies for securing low inflation and forging a path of higher long-term growth.
Fiscal Policy in an Era of High Debt
Ninth IMF-WBG-WTO Trade Conference
China Spillovers: Aggregate and Firm-Level Evidence
October 17, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/206
Monitoring Demand and Supply in Asia: An Industry Level Approach
October 17, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/203
Demand vs. Supply Decomposition of Inflation: Cross-Country Evidence with Applications
October 17, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/205
Monetary Policy Transmission Heterogeneity: Cross-Country Evidence
October 17, 2023
Working Paper No. 2023/204
Zimbabwe: FSSR Follow Up Technical Assistance—Implementation of the Basel II/III Capital Framework
October 17, 2023
High Level Summary Technical Assistance Report No. 2023/014