Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today that Deputy Managing Director Bo LI will be leaving the IMF on November 30, 2026, at the conclusion of ...

As the conflict in the Middle East raises oil prices and threatens another round of inflation, Latin America’s well-anchored inflation expectations are poised to help cushion the impact—even as some ...

IMF staff and the Argentine authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on the third review of the Extended Fund Facility program, unlocking potential access to about US$900 million. Disciplined ...

The global economy has weathered the latest in a series of shocks better than expected, but continued resilience should not ...

Investment is flowing into AI on a scale that will likely exceed the vast sums that went into building the railroads, the ...

In this paper, we present the most comprehensive estimates of China’s government balance sheet to date. Based on these estimates, we show how major shifts in fiscal policy over the last two decades ...

The rapid advance of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked intense debate about its effects on labor markets. We draw on over 700 million online job postings to present new evidence ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to reshape the global economy, especially in the realm of labor markets. Advanced economies will experience the benefits and pitfalls of AI sooner than ...

This paper estimates the macroeconomic effects of forced displacement on host economies in SubSaharan Africa, drawing on cross-country panel data and country case studies of Burkina Faso, South Sudan, ...

The literature characterizes zombie firms as economically unviable companies that continue to operate. This paper proposes ...

An IMF team lead by Ms. Mika Saito held Angola’s 2025 Article IV consultation discussions during December 1-16. Angola’s economic growth slowed in 2025 largely due to lower oil prices, production, and ...

This paper assesses the effectiveness of Morocco’s monetary policy transmission since 2018 in light of reforms aimed at modernizing the policy framework. Over the past decade, Morocco has introduced ...