With support of the Government of Japan, a technical assistance mission from the IMF’s Statistics Department, visited Thailand, Bangkok during February 23-27, 2026, to assist the authorities in ...

This report summarizes the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) technical assistance mission to the four Common Monetary Area (CMA) countries—Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, and South Africa—focused on ...

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

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

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 ...

IMF staff and the Zambian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on a package of economic policies and reforms that could support a new 36-month arrangement under the Extended Credit ...

Higher borrowing costs are adding to fiscal pressures at a time of high debt, making credible consolidation more urgent ...

Faced with heightened vulnerabilities, policymakers should contain leverage, strengthen debt sustainability, and harden cyber ...

IMF staff and the Nigerien authorities reached staff-level agreement on the final review of the economic program supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), a new 38-month ECF-supported program, ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) Managements today released the Bangkok Blueprint, a high-level framework developed in coordination with the Bank of Thailand that ...