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The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today selected Kristalina Georgieva to serve as IMF Managing Director and Chair of the Executive Board for a second five-year term starting ...

COMING SOON Launch of the July 2026 World Economic Outlook Update. The World Economic Outlook (WEO) is a survey of prospects and policies by the IMF staff, usually published twice ...

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The elevated regional tensions are casting a shadow on Israel’s economy. Growth forecasts for 2026 have been revised down to 3.5 percent from 4.8 percent before the war in the Middle East, while ...

IMF staff and the Egyptian authorities have reached staff level agreement on the policies that could support completion of the seventh review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the second ...

Tokenization is an area of growing interest in financial services. At its core, it involves issuing assets, recording ownership, and transacting on a blockchain. While simple in concept, its ...

Washington, DC: On June 17, 2026, the Executive Board on of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Article IV Consultation for Cyprus. [1] The authorities have consented to the ...

This paper examines how tokenization and distributed ledger technology may transform Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) by enabling smart contracts to perform a growing share of functions ...

Swallow and comprising Matteo Ghilardi, Yaroslav Hul, and Marina Mendes Tavares held discussions in Auckland and Wellington during June 18-July 1 for the 2026 Article IV consultation with New Zealand.

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The Portuguese financial sector has been resilient to shocks over the past decade, reflecting substantial deleveraging after the 2012 European debt crisis. Banks dominate the financial landscape, with ...