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Washington, DC: On May 26, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation [1] with Italy. The...

Date Time Share IMF Executive Board Concludes 2021 Discussion on Common Policies of member Countries of Eastern Caribbean Currency Union Washington, DC: On April 26, 2021, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2021 discussion on the common policies of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) in the context of the Article IV consultations with member countries. The fallout from the COVID-19 crisis is hitting ECCU economies hard. Tourism receipts (accounting for nearly 40 percent of GDP) have dried up, as tourist arrivals have come to a grinding halt. T...

Guatemala: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2021 Article IV Mission 05/04/2021 | 03:59pm EDT Send by mail : Message : May 4, 2021 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 regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, in the context of a request to use IMF resources (borrow from the IMF), as part of discussions of staff monitored programs, or as part of other staff monitoring of eco...

Date Time IMF Executive Board Concludes 2021 Article IV Consultation Discussions with Kingdom of Netherlands-Aruba Washington, DC: On April 16, 2021, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation discussions[1]with the Kingdom of the Netherlands—Aruba. COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruption to economic activity, triggering Aruba’s deepest recession in history, but the policy response was swift. Tourism came to a complete halt during the 2020Q2 causing ripple effects across the economy. Real GDP is estimated to have shrunk by 25.5 ...

IMF Executive Board Completes the Eighth Review under the Extended Fund Facility for Georgia sitecoreitem IMF Executive Board Completes the Eighth Review under the Extended Fund Facility for Georgia April 12, 2021 The completion of the eighth review concludes the EFF supported program which has helped strengthen the economy's resilience to shocks, as underscored by Georgia's ability to successfully navigate the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Georgian economy is expected to resume growth from the second quarter of 2021 onwards and output is projected to expand by 3.5 percent this year...