In line with the standard procedures for members whose Article IV consultations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are delayed, on April 17, 2025, the Executive Board was briefed by staff on ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Mr. Stéphane Roudet, Mission Chief for Ghana, held meetings in Accra from April 2 to April 15, 2025, to discuss progress on the authorities’ ...

Destination substitution, whereby stricter policies in the intended destination divert people to other places or leave them stranded in transit. Categorical substitution, whereby tighter policies for ...

In recent years, Albania has experienced a sustained appreciation of the domestic currency. This raises the questions of what factors are driving this appreciation and how to calibrate appropriate ...

Heightened tensions can hurt stock markets, raise government borrowing costs, and pose risks to financial stability ...

Over the past decade, the Albanian banking sector has undergone a remarkable transformation amid strong macroeconomic performance and sound financial reforms. Nevertheless, pockets of vulnerability ...

The dispute over the leadership of the central bank last August and the associated disruption in oil production weighed on growth in 2024. Output is estimated to have contracted, driven by the forced ...

The IMF Executive Board approved a 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement for Argentina totaling US$20 billion (or 479 percent of quota), with an immediate disbursement of US$12 billion, ...

Countries have durably reduced household debt by lowering the stock of existing obligations while preventing excessive new ...

IMF staff and the Ivoirian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on the fourth review of Côte d’Ivoire’s economic reform program supported by the EFF and ECF arrangements, and the third ...