The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Samoa on January 16, 2025 and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting on a lapse-of-time basis.

The IMF delegation is set to visit Pakistan twice before June to review economic performance and discuss key financial targets. Successful talks could lead to the release of a $1 billion loan tranche.

Greece's economy is projected to grow 2.1% in 2025, mainly driven by investment, the International Monetary Fund mission said on Thursday, adding that any crisis in major euro area countries as well as global uncertainties could hamper growth.

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, and the World Trade Organisation, WTO, both have a remit to monitor and review the economic developments and policies of their members. The aim, for the IMF, is to ensure that countries manage their economies and finances well to prevent financial instabilities both nationally and internationally.

The IMF would like to support the Ukrainian government's determination in this regard, Toffano said. Budget Code amendments could be among the examples of this determination, and the IMF knows how much political capital it cost and is aware of certain sides' attempts to delay it, she said.

Russia’s representative to the International Monetary Fund’s executive board has received permission by Washington to move to the US, a reprieve from sanctions imposed in response to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects South Africa’s yearly economic growth rate to reach 1.8% by 2030, supported in large part by ongoing electricity and logistics reforms. In the outcome of its Article IV Consultation with South Africa,

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2024 Article IV consultation with the Republic of Kazakhstan on a lapse of time basis on November 27, 2024.

The International Monetary Fund has warned that US economic policies under incoming president Donald Trump could hit the rest of the world and ultimately backfire on the US. The IMF says a threatened wave of tariffs could make trade tensions worse, lower investment, hit market pricing, distort trade flows and disrupt supply chains.

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Sri Lanka is on the precipice of both opportunity and risk and it is crucial that the Government charts a path that balances growth with debt sustainability ..