The region has proved unexpectedly resilient, aided by a front-loading of exports, technology investment, and policy support.

Thank you, Prime Minister Anwar. Your majesty, heads of state, ladies and gentlemen! It is a great honor to be with you today and celebrate ASEAN’s progress and tremendous promise. With a collective ...

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivers remarks at the Plenary Session of the 2025 Annual Meetings.

The global economy is undergoing a profound transformation and facing elevated uncertainty, bringing challenges, but also opportunities. Growth has been resilient, but strains are emerging. We will ...

Opening Remarks by Alfred Kammer, Director of the European Department, IMF, at the press conference on the economic outlook ...

This paper explores how central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could enhance the delivery of social safety nets (SSNs). It assesses CBDC design features and their implications for payment ...

Building on previous studies, we propose a robust estimation strategy to uncover the causal effects of tax administration strength on tax revenue in 121 countries over the period 2014–2022. Our novel ...

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today her intention to appoint Mr. Christian Mumssen as Director of the Strategy, Policy, and Review ...

QUESTIONER: Thank you so much. Based on the uncertainties and the risks, I just want to understand Africa, like other regions, faces impact from the new US tariffs. Curious to know the IMF policy ...

When we gathered here six months ago at our Spring Meetings, there was a lot of anxiety about the state of the global economy. I am sure you remember that. Then we predicted a considerable slowdown in ...

This paper examines the effectiveness of inflation targeting (IT) frameworks during the global inflation surge of 2022, a shock primarily driven by large adverse supply side disruptions following the ...