This report presents the findings and recommendations from the 2025 assessment of Botswana’s public sector debt statistics (PSDS) in relation to the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for ...

A key challenge facing the UK is to increase growth, which has slowed down markedly since the Global Financial Crisis. As part of the government’s approach to this challenge, a new industrial strategy ...

The UK’s productivity gap with the US has widened over the past two decades, with productivity growth rates decoupling after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). This paper complements existing studies ...

Cyber risk is highly relevant to the financial sector and financial stability of Canada. According to the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), in 2021, 23.9 percent of finance and insurance ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has decided to close its Resident Representative Office in San José, which has been headed by Mr. Santiago Acosta-Ormaechea, effective mid-October 2025.

In the context of Uzbekistan’s transition to a market-based economy, the authorities have undertaken several reform measures that strengthened banking supervision. Starting in 2019, a new central bank ...

Quantitative easing (QE) has been criticized for helping fuel the post-COVID inflation boom and causing large central bank losses. In this paper, we argue that QE should be evaluated mainly on its ...

Medium-term growth prospects of Caribbean countries have weakened in recent years. We examine these trends by providing new estimates of potential GDP growth for the region. Our findings reveal a ...

Banking sector distress can be highly disruptive, with substantial implications for financial intermediation and economic growth. Given their disruptive effects, country authorities have often relied ...

This report provides technical assistance to Sierra Leone in operationalizing its crisis management framework for banks, following the adoption of a legal framework for bank resolution and liquidation ...

The last Article IV Executive Board Consultation was on July 18, 2024. Listed below are items related to St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

El Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) ha decidido cerrar la Oficina del Representante Residente en San José, la cual estaba dirigida por el Sr. Santiago Acosta Ormaechea, a partir de mediados de octu ...