In the latest Global Financial Stability Report, we assess that global financial stability risks have grown significantly, ...

Amid trade tensions and high policy uncertainty, the path forward will be determined by how challenges are confronted and ...

On March 21, 2025, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Azerbaijan and endorsed the staff appraisal, as well as the 2024 Financial Sy ...

The 70 low-income countries (LICs) in the IMF’s membership experienced steady but modest growth in 2024, with marked divergence across countries. While 11 of the 20 fastest-growing countries in 2024 ...

The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is now available in SDMX format from our Entire Dataset page. For more information about SDMX, please visit SDMX.org For Bolivia, projections for 2027–30 have ...

We welcome the steadfast commitment of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to its core mandate as the center of the Global Financial Safety Net (GFSN) and we look forward to the implementation of ...

The development and deployment of large language models like ChatGPT across the world requires expanding data centers that consume vast amounts of electricity. Using descriptive statistics and a multi ...

The latest World Economic Outlook reports a slowdown in global growth as downside risks intensify. While policy shifts unfold and uncertainties reach new highs, policies need to be calibrated to ...

Destination substitution, whereby stricter policies in the intended destination divert people to other places or leave them ...

Tobacco poses the greatest health risk, resulting in over 8 million premature deaths annually, according to the World Health ...

This technical assistance (TA) mission on Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and Public Sector Debt Statistics (PSDS) was conducted in Brazil during August 5–16, 2024. The primary objective of the ...

Heightened tensions can hurt stock markets, raise government borrowing costs, and pose risks to financial stability ...