Mr. Alfred Kammer, Director of the European Department at the IMF, speaks at the Annual Economics Conference: Pillars of ...

The solution is clear: Europe’s industrial policies need a unified, coordinated framework. When countries align their efforts, the benefits of industrial policy can outweigh the costs. Coordinated ...

Industrial policy is once again at the forefront of the policy debate around the world. However, state aid is a contentious issue in the European Union given the need to maintain a level playing in ...

European countries are increasingly turning to industrial policy to address the challenge of geopolitical fragmentation, enhance productivity, and accelerate the green transition. Well-targeted ...

The IMF Executive Board completed today the third review under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement with the Union of the Comoros. Approval of the third review enables an immediate disbursement of ...

Jordan’s EFF-supported program, approved in January 2024, remains on track. The completion of the second program review makes another SDR 97.784 million (about US$131 million) available to Jordan, out ...

Mr. Nigel Clarke, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today in Nairobi at the conclusion of his visit to Kenya over December 8–10, 2024: ...

A newly developed dataset shows how the pandemic’s aftermath ushered in the worst housing affordability crisis in more than a decade The pandemic and subsequent return of inflation set off the world’s ...

San Marino has shifted to a new growth model during the last decade. As the once oversized banking sector embarked on a painful deleveraging process following the Great Financial Crisis, manufacturing ...

The global economy has faced shock upon shock, testing the resilience of people everywhere. Countries struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic were dealt another blow by Russia’s war on ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Mr. Masahiro Nozaki, conducted discussions on the 2025 Article IV Consultation with the Malaysian authorities and other stakeholders during December 3 ...