Digital money and digital payments innovations have the potential for improving cross-border payments by reducing costs, enhancing speed, and improving transparency. This note performs an empirical ...

Slovak Republic has made significant progress in institutionalizing spending reviews, having completed spending reviews covering 64 percent of total public spending since initiating the spending ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Nicaragua ...

In line with the standard procedures for members whose Article IV consultations with the IMF are extensively delayed, on February 7, 2025, the Executive Board was briefed by staff on recent economic ...

El Directorio Ejecutivo del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) concluyó la Consulta del Artículo IV con Nicaragua.

Deputy Director for the Asia and Pacific Department, Mission Chief for Japan, IMF ...

On February 5, 2025, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with the Republic of Korea.

The Board of Governors, the highest decision-making body of the IMF, consists of one governor and one alternate governor for each member country. The governor is appointed by the member country and is ...

1 Voting power varies on certain matters pertaining to the General Department with use of the Fund's resources in that Department. 2 Percentages of total votes (5,041,052) in the General Department ...

After three decades of near-zero inflation, there are signs that Japan’s economy can sustainably converge to a new equilibrium. Inflation has surpassed the Bank of Japan’s 2-percent target for over ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first review of the arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Liberia, allowing Liberia to draw SDR 34.3 ...

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 ...