Sources: Data provided by the Brunei authorities; and Fund staff estimates and projections. 1/ Non-oil and gas GDP includes the downstream sector. 2/ In absence of government debt and interest ...

As relatively small open economies, South-East Asian emerging markets (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand or ASEAN-4) are highly susceptible to external shocks—both financial and real—that ...

While Chinese banks have become the top cross-border lender to EMDEs, their expansion has slowed recently, both in terms of volume and market share. Also, the strong correlation of China’s bilateral ...

End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do ...

International Monetary Fund Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, delivered the following remarks during the Interactive Dialogue 1: Transforming Global Governance and Turbocharging the ...

International Financial Statistics provides a complete library of continuously updated international statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. The monthly print edition contains ...

El programa de aprendizaje en línea tiene por objeto complementar los cursos de capacitación presencial (cara a cara), y en algunos casos es un requisito previo para participar en estos cursos o ...

Los recientes altibajos de los precios se han debido en gran medida a shocks relacionados con la energía y con la oferta, más que a un sobrecalentamiento macroeconómico Cuando la inflación empezó a ...

Housing represents the largest asset and liability, in the form of mortgages, on most national balance sheet. For most households it is their largest investment, and when mortgages are required also ...

Lithuania’s immediate fiscal challenges are national security and higher costs of borrowing, but fiscal prospects are further exacerbated by long-term pressures stemming from climate change and a ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has weakened the fiscal positions of local governments in China, while the recent stress in the Chinese property market has further compounded this issue, calling for stronger ...

“Aquellos que miran solo al pasado o al presente se perderán el futuro”. Estas palabras, pronunciadas por el presidente John F. Kennedy hace seis décadas, resuenan hoy con renovada urgencia. Cada año ...