Economic growth continues to be strong in the WAEMU. Inflation has fallen back to its target range, and recent improvements in regional external imbalances are supporting a strong recovery in reserves ...

An International Monetary Fund mission, led by Magnus Saxegaard and comprising Thomas Gade, Amit Kara, and Yurii Sholomytskyi, conducted discussions for the 2024 Article IV consultation with Iceland ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Article IV Consultation for North Macedonia and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting on a lapse-of-t ...

Hong Kong SAR’s corporate sector vulnerabilities appear manageable but have increased in recent years. Local non-real estate firms have seen weakening profitability and lower debt-servicing capacity, ...

Hong Kong SAR’s significant demographic pressures will create fiscal challenges for the authorities. Fiscal expenditure pressures from population aging have already been rising rapidly for over a ...

Hong Kong SAR is facing ongoing challenges from climate change, with projections indicating that these issues will remain prevalent or even intensify in the future. In response, Hong Kong SAR has ...

Amid heightened uncertainty, policymakers will need to deal with complex trade-offs between debt, slower growth, and new ...

Amid trade tensions and high policy uncertainty, the path forward will be determined by how challenges are confronted and ...

First, Europe should aim for more, not less trade. Preserving openness is crucial given the importance of trade (Figure 5), ...

随着全球经济体系的重置，美国的关税达到了一个世纪以来的最高水平，其中，最严厉的一些关税措施针对的是亚洲。作为全球贸易的领导者，亚洲对2024年全球增长的贡献接近60%。然而，该地区基于贸易自由化和价值链融入的成功增长模式正面临越来越大的挑战。

En un contexto de tensiones comerciales y elevada incertidumbre en torno a las políticas, el camino a seguir estará ...