The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Trinidad and Tobago will need stricter control of government spending and higher interest rates to maintain its fixed currency, as reserves fall ...
This technical note presents a methodological change to the International Monetary Fund’s Currency Composition of Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER) dataset. Using a combination of stratified mean ...
Bottom Line: China’s request to include its currency, the renminbi (RMB), in an International Monetary Fund (IMF) currency basket is political as much as economic in intent and effect. The IMF is ...
The IMF has completed multiple reviews of Egypt's economic reform programme, enabling the dispersal of $2.3 billion. Despite gains in inflation control and foreign currency availability, structural ...
We introduce a novel dataset of large depreciations worldwide since 1971. First, we use a multi-step approach to accurately pinpoint large depreciation events on monthly data. We then construct large ...
Greece’s international creditors on Monday narrowed their differences over the economic overhauls Athens should implement in exchange for fresh loans, paving the way for a new round of negotiations ...
The IMF said Egypt will receive about $2 billion under its 46-month ​loan programme after completing the fifth and sixth ...