March 22, 2021 Washington, DC: On March 17, 2021, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2021 Article IV consultation [1] with The Kingdom of Bahrain. Bahrain moved quickly to address the health, social, and economic …
Geoffrey Okamoto, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF China Development Forum (session V venue I) March 20, 2021 Dear Director-General Yu, thank you very much for inviting me to speak at this year’s China Development Forum. The topic of the country’s role …
Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept Publication Date: March 19, 2021 Electronic Access: Free Download. Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file Summary: Samoa has shown resilience to past economic shocks, …
March 19, 2021 Washington, DC: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation [1] with Samoa and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting on a lapse-of-time basis. [2] Samoa has shown …
March 19, 2021 A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under …
Malaysia: Selected Economic and Financial Indicators, 2016–25 Nominal GDP (2019): US$364.7 billion Population (2019): 32.5 million GDP per capita (2019, current prices): US$11,213 Poverty rate (2019, national poverty line): 5.6 percent Unemployment rate ( …
Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept Publication Date: March 17, 2021 Electronic Access: Free Download. Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file Summary: Malaysia entered the pandemic from a robust economic …
Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management. The paper employs two complementary strategies. First, it is pursues textual analysis (text …
Romain Duval on Rising Market Power March 18, 2021 The rise in mergers and acquisitions by dominant firms has contributed to rising market power and declining competition. (iStock by Getty Images/Gearstd) Corporate market power has been on the rise in …
Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. Publication Date: March 18, 2021 Electronic Access: Free Download. Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file Summary: The Canadian economy was operating at close to capacity …
March 18, 2021 Washington, DC: On March 12, 2021, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV [1] consultation with Canada. The Canadian economy was operating at close to capacity and had strong policy buffers when …
A health care worker administers a vaccine to her colleague in Nairobi, Kenya. An IMF loan in May helped cover the cost of additional spending on health. (photo: Dennis Sigwe/SOPA Images/Sipa/Newscom) March 18, 2021 Kenya’s economy is now picking up speed …
Skyline of Toronto City, Ontario. Under the federal backstop system, most households in Ontario will receive more in tax rebates than they incur in costs resulting from pollution pricing. (photo: espiegle by Getty Images) By Ian Parry, IMF Fiscal Affairs …
Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. Legal Dept. ; International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department ; International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department Publication Date: March 16, 2021 Electronic Access: Free …
March 16, 2021 Washington, DC: As part of an active work program on debt-related issues outlined in earlier papers and blogs, Fund staff recently published a paper examining the economic case for Debt- and Debt-Service-Reduction Operations (DDSROs): cash …
March 15, 2021 Washington, DC: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved [1] an extension of the current Special Drawing Right (SDR) valuation basket by ten months from September 30, 2021 to July 31, 2022. The proposal for the …
March 15, 2021 The Sierra Leonean authorities’ quick and decisive actions mitigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, helping prevent a larger loss of life and even deeper economic costs. However, the pandemic will have long-lasting economic and social …
Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. Finance Dept. ; International Monetary Fund. Legal Dept. ; International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department Publication Date: March 15, 2021 Electronic Access: Free Download. Use the free …
March 15, 2021 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of …
March 15, 2021 A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under …
