IMF Executive Board Approves US$71 Million in Emergency Financing Support and Concludes 2022 Article IV Consultation with Guinea December 22, 2022 Growth is expected to reach 4.7 percent in 2022 and 5.6 percent in 2023, driven by continued strength in the mining sector, though the non-mining sector is grappling with the impact of international price shocks. The Executive […]

&#13 &#13 IMF Staff Concludes Staff Visit to Kuwait &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 December 22, 2022 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 Stop-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF team groups that express preliminary results just after a stop by to a state. The sights expressed in this statement are those people of the IMF team and do not necessarily stand for the views of the IMF’s Executive Board. This mission will not result in a […]

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The Ukraine war’s disruptions to grain and fertilizer flows have prompted the worst food security crisis since at least the one following the 2007-2008 global financial meltdown, with some 345 million people now facing life-threatening shortages, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday. A new IMF research paper estimates that the 48 countries most exposed to food shortages face a combined increase in their import bills of $9 billion in 2022 and 2023 due to […]