The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) sets a high benchmark for transparency and is considered by the external stakeholders one of the most reputable and effective public institutions in South Africa, ...

This roundtable will mark the release of the IMF’s 2024 Global Debt Database Vintage and the Global Debt Monitor. The discussion will focus on the drivers and prospects for global debt, especially the ...

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 ...

By working together but independently, the central banks and government can win the fight against inflation and foster economic stability and growth for years to come.

The IMF Executive Board concluded the Review of the Fund’s Transparency and Open Archive Policies and approved reforms to improve their design and implementation to better adapt the policies to the ...

Washington, DC: Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement about Sri Lanka to Members of the Financial Community today: “The Sri ...

Thailand’s economy is projected to grow by 2.7 and 2.9 percent in 2024 and 2025, respectively. Inflation remains low but is expected to increase gradually, and to return to the authorities’ target ...

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much for joining us today, and welcome to the IMF Press Briefing. I am Martha Woldemichael. I'm the IMF Resident Representative based here in Colombo ...

For most Group of Twenty economies, growth is poised to weaken over the next five years and remain well below what was typical in the two decades before the pandemic. That’s one of the biggest shared ...

Economists monitor income disparities because they can harden into more structural wealth inequalities that concern policymakers. Wider wealth gaps may also impact monetary policy transmission and ...