Algeria is making progress on diversifying beyond oil and gas—but sustaining that momentum will require a stronger private sector, more robust public finances, and better investment management ...

IMF staff and the Honduran authorities have reached staff-level agreement on the Sixth and Final Reviews of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangements and ...

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today that Deputy Managing Director Bo LI will be leaving the IMF on November 30, 2026, at the conclusion of ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Ms. Eva Jenkner, visited Banjul during October 19–30, 2026, to hold discussions on the sixth review of The Gambia's economic reform program supported ...

Stablecoins are presented as a low-cost alternative to traditional cross-border payment channels, but evidence to support this claim remains limited. We develop a cost accounting framework that traces ...

IMF staff and the Argentine authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on the third review of the Extended Fund Facility program, unlocking potential access to about US$900 million. Disciplined ...

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We examine whether financial market participants, in aggregate, expect stablecoins to play an important role in payments. Using high-frequency variation in stock prices, we estimate that U.S.

Our eLibrary offers over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats.

The fight against financial crime isn’t lost, but the world needs to do more to limit the economic impact of crime. Money laundering is a necessary component of the organized crime that too frequently ...

Our eLibrary offers over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats.

Surges in public debt in many countries since the COVID-19 pandemic have rekindled interest in fiscal consolidations, which often entail difficult policy choices in the face of economic and political ...