IMF旨在促进国际货币合作、维护金融稳定、促进经济可持续发展等。当前，IMF拥有190个成员国，致力于改善全球经济形势和减少贫困，在全球经济治理中扮演着至关重要的角色。
访问官网 →Nonbank financial investors expand funding access for emerging markets, but their flows are highly sensitive to shifts in global risk sentimentEmerging-market firms and governments seeking funding from abroad are increasingly looking beyond banks to nonbank sources. As we discuss in an analytical chapter of the latest Global Financial Stability R...
Widening global current account imbalances are best addressed by simultaneous domestic policy adjustments. Industrial policy and tariffs offer a costly fix with unreliable effects on imbalances.Global current account imbalances are widening again, reversing a decade of steady decline following the global financial crisis. History suggests a clear risk: wid...
Washington, DC: On March 18, 2026, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) discussed the IMF staff paper on Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects in Low-income Countries (LICs). The paper defines LICs as the 70 countries eligible for the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust facilities.[1]LICs are navigating a fluid global environ...
Energy prices, supply chains, and financial markets are the main transmission channels, but the regional effects will vary significantlyThe world faces yet another shock. The war in the Middle East is upending lives and livelihoods in the region and beyond. It is also dimming the outlook for many economies that had only just shown signs of a sustained reco...
Scope and Objectives of the 2026 Review of IMF Program Design and ConditionalityThis Public Consultation is Open from March 26, 2026–April 30, 2026Take the Survey in: English | French | Spanish | ArabicThe 2026 Review of Program Design and Conditionality (ROC) is the first review to take place since the COVID pandemic. T...
Download PDFMore Formats on IMF eLibraryOrder a Print CopyCreate CitationShareSummaryThis Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes—Data Module (Data ROSC) assesses the quality of Cambodia’s key macroeconomic statistics programs. The assessment is based on the 2025 pilot version of the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) and covers the ...
Building foreign exchange reserves requires sound policies and takes time, but global efforts to lower the cost of holding them can helpPierre-Olivier GourinchasMarch 5, 2026Listen with SpeechifyParticipants at Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ula conference in February rightly lauded emerging market economies’ impressive resilience since the g...
Opening Remarks by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva at the Asia in 2050 Conference in Bangkok, Thailand As prepared for deliveryA very good morning to all.Governor Vitai, thank you for co-hosting this conference in the run-up to our Annual Meetings here in Bangkok later in the year.Having just seen the amazing location fo...
There are few elegant, easy, or politically attractive ways to reduce debtFor years, policymakers have treated government debt like an elastic band that could be stretched without ever snapping. They stretched during the global financial crisis and again during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, with public debt exceeding annual economic output in several major...
Disclaimer: This Technical Guidance Note should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Note are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.SummaryThis note presents the key updates and revenue development highlights of the 2026 version ...