Lithuania faces immediate fiscal challenges from increased defense needs adding to the existing long-term spending pressures. Tackling these requires a multifaceted strategy, including revenue ...

Lithuania has seen strong income convergence since regaining independence, but in recent years progress in this respect has stalled as the contribution of capital deepening and TFP growth to labor ...

Recent immigrants have been successfully absorbed into the Lithuanian labor market and legislative amendments have enabled easier migration for high-skilled workers despite the reduction of non-EU ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Ran Bi, conducted discussions with the Somali authorities, led by H.E Bihi Egeh during September 16 – October 8, 2025, and reached a staff-level ...

Our analysis, in the context of Brazil’s latest yearly economic review (the Article IV consultation), shows that concerns ...

Stronger fiscal and monetary policy frameworks and more developed local currency debt markets have supported emerging market ...

The Mauritius authorities requested IMF technical assistance to reconcile the statistical treatment of Global Business Corporations (GBCs) in the national accounts and the balance of payments. An IMF ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Mr. Ruben Atoyan, held meetings in Accra from September 29 to October 10, 2025, to discuss progress on the authorities’ policy and reform ...

Spending more efficiently and reallocating public funds toward investment and innovation can be a powerful growth strategy ...

IMF staff and the Sri Lankan authorities have reached staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the Fifth Review of Sri Lanka’s reform program supported by the IMF’s Extended Fund ...

IMF staff and the Rwandan authorities reached a staff-level agreement on the policies needed to complete the sixth and final review under the country’s Policy Coordination Instrument.

Policymakers should enhance market surveillance through systemic risk monitoring including stress testing and scenario analysis ...