A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of ...

Policymakers should broaden central clearing and monitor market-making, including by nonbank financial institutions, while ...

We study the long-term impact of climate change on economic activity across countries, using a stochastic growth model where labor productivity is affected by country-specific climate ...

Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) are becoming increasingly important in the international monetary and financial system, attracting growing attention. SWFs are government-owned investment funds, set up ...

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Thailand’s economy is recovering from an unprecedented crisis emanating from multiple waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ample policy space has allowed a swift and bold policy response and vaccine ...

During the fiscal year 2024, the Monetary and Capital Markets (MCM) Department continued to assist the IMF membership build capacity in monetary and financial stability against an increasingly complex ...

Europe’s Path to Growth and Resilience. Speech by Alfred Kammer Director of the European Department at the International ...

The 2021 Annual Report1 of the IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics (the Committee) provides an overview of recent trends in global balance of payments and international investment position ...

The power-hungry technology requires policies to help expand electricity supplies, incentivize alternative sources, and help ...

The policy paper Corporate Taxation in the Global Economy stresses the need to maintain and build on the progress in international cooperation on tax matters that has been achieved in recent years, ...