Global growth is projected at 3.0 percent for 2025 and 3.1 percent in 2026, an upward revision from the April 2025 World ...

This Selected Issues Paper reviews Ethiopia’s tax system, highlighting its persistently low tax-to-GDP ratio despite sustained economic growth. It benchmarks Ethiopia’s revenue performance against ...

Ethiopia’s interregional fiscal arrangements entail a sizable redistribution of resources. They help the objective of income redistribution and equity, as well as providing partial insurance against ...

This Selected Issues Paper reviews Ethiopia’s transition to an interest-rate based monetary framework. For this framework to be effective, monetary transmission—the process through which policy rate ...

Crypto mining and data centers now account for 2 percent of global electricity use and nearly 1 percent of global emissions, and their footprint is growing.

Global trade developments continue to shape the outlook. Following an unprecedented escalation in tariffs imposed on the rest ...

Growing imbalances in largest economies underscore need for concerted adjustment in domestic macroeconomic policies ...

This report examines the significant widening of global current account balances, analyzes developments in the international monetary system, and provides an external sector assessment of 30 of the ...

On July 21, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Article IV Consultation for the United Kingdom ...

Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva announced today that Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD), would be leaving the Fund at the end of August to return to Harvard University, where ...

IMF staff and Argentine authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on the first review of the EFF program, unlocking potential access to about US$2 billion.

The Proposal will be evaluated by an expert panel of IMF staff and photographic experts. The six chosen photographers will be mentored through their commissions by the IMF’s Photo Editor. The ...