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How could practitioners assess the domestic financial stability implications of retail CBDC? This chapter identifies six key ...

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Bangladesh authorities have made progress in maintaining macroeconomic stability and advancing reforms. However, the economy continues to face mounting macro-financial challenges from weak tax revenue ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team led by Mr. Alvaro Piris visited Addis Ababa from October 30 – November 13, ...

Recent economic indicators for the first half of 2025 surprised on the upside as Thailand’s economy expanded by 3 percent. However, growth is projected to slow to 2.1 and 1.6 percent in 2025 and 2026, ...

Remarks by Alfred Kammer, Director, IMF European Department, at the launch of the Fall 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for ...

Europe’s medium-term growth prospects remain subdued. There is broad recognition that growth need not be this low, and there ...

The Technical Assistance (TA) mission, from March 31–April 11, 2025, assisted the Bank of Mozambique’s (MB) authorities in building autonomy in the use of the new version of QPM (core-QPM) for ...

An IMF staff team led by Jesmin Rahman visited Kampala from November 3 to 7 to conduct Uganda’s post-financing assessment (PFA).[1] ...