Mohammed AlJadaan, Finance Minister of Saudi Arabia; Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF); and Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group (WBG) issued th ...

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to this IMF press briefing. I am Julie Kozack, Director of the Communications Department. Thank you so very much for joining us this morning and, as usual, we are going ...

The world economy is at a pivotal juncture. At the center are shifting policy priorities by major economies and escalating trade tensions, in the face of high public debt, weak medium-term growth ...

Tariffs will weigh on the global economy and dent the region’s post-pandemic economic momentum. That’s because exports have led growth in many emerging economies amid lackluster domestic demand. In ...

Amid heightened uncertainty, policymakers will need to deal with complex trade-offs between debt, slower growth, and new ...

Amid trade tensions and high policy uncertainty, the path forward will be determined by how challenges are confronted and ...

In the latest Global Financial Stability Report, we assess that global financial stability risks have grown significantly, ...

The economy has continued to perform strongly. Real GDP growth was robust at 6.5 percent in 2024, supported by strong domestic demand. The external current account deficit narrowed by 2.6 percentage ...

Global growth is expected to decline and downside risks to intensify as major policy shifts unfold After enduring a prolonged and unprecedented series of shocks, the global economy appeared to have ...

The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is now available in SDMX format from our Entire Dataset page. For more information about SDMX, please visit SDMX.org For Bolivia, projections for 2027–30 have ...

On March 21, 2025, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Azerbaijan and endorsed the staff appraisal, as well as the 2024 Financial Sy ...

This Handbook provides guidance to staff on the IMF’s facilities available to countries eligible to obtain concessional financing from the Fund under the PRGT, namely low-income countries (LICs). It ...