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 ...

This paper examines the effectiveness of inflation targeting (IT) frameworks during the global inflation surge of 2022, a ...

Dialing down uncertainty, reducing vulnerabilities, and investing in innovation, can help deliver durable economic gains ...

This paper empirically examines the dynamic linkages between financial conditions and economic growth across 18 major emerging market economies over the last two decades and the role that fiscal and ...

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 ...

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

Policymakers should strengthen oversight of nonbank financial intermediaries, whose increasing interconnectedness with banks ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...