The Executive Board on September 14, 2026, approved, on a lapse-of-time basis, a statement of principles to guide the Fund’s engagement with external partners. The Fund’s engagement with external ...

On September 18, 2026, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Article IV Consultation for Brunei Darussalam. The authorities have consented to the publication of ...

Remarks by Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director At the Informal Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Ministers in Dublin, Ireland ...

On September 9, 2026, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reviewed the joint IMF-World Bank Debt Sustainability Framework for Low-Income Countries (LIC-DSF).

IMF staff and the Sri Lankan authorities held productive discussions relating to the Seventh Review of the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF), and the 2026 Article IV Consultation. Discussions will ...

Working together to foster strength, resilience, and growth. Stablecoins, digital payments, central bank digital currencies, ...

The country has a world-class high-tech ecosystem, but growth is constrained by domestic factors and a fragmenting global ...

A swift policy response, strong macroeconomic buffers, and a flexible exchange rate helped Egypt absorb spillovers from the war in the Middle East, but more decisive reform implementation is needed to ...

Algeria’s reform program has supported diversification and robust growth, although large fiscal deficits have depleted fiscal buffers and external buffers have eroded.

The 2026 Review of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) responds to a rapidly evolving financial landscape, marked by rising NBFI interconnectedness, digitalization, AI, cyber risk, climate ...

Latvia faces significant structural challenges and public spending pressures. Latvia’s slow convergence in per capita income with the rest of the euro area reflects weaker total factor productivity ...

World Bank 2026 Low-Income Countries Debt Sustainability Framework (LIC-DSF) Review aims to future-proof the framework, ensuring it remains fit for purpose as debt risks, financing patterns, and ...