Mr. Alfred Kammer, Director of the European Department at the IMF, speaks at the Annual Economics Conference: Pillars of ...

At the request of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) of Sri Lanka, a joint IMF-World Bank technical assistance (TA) mission team visited Colombo, Sri Lanka during February 20–March 3, 2023 to support the ...

The solution is clear: Europe’s industrial policies need a unified, coordinated framework. When countries align their efforts, the benefits of industrial policy can outweigh the costs. Coordinated ...

Industrial policy is once again at the forefront of the policy debate around the world. However, state aid is a contentious issue in the European Union given the need to maintain a level playing in ...

European countries are increasingly turning to industrial policy to address the challenge of geopolitical fragmentation, enhance productivity, and accelerate the green transition. Well-targeted ...

A newly developed dataset shows how the pandemic’s aftermath ushered in the worst housing affordability crisis in more than a ...

Affordability and other complex housing issues challenging governments can be better revealed in broader economic analysis ...

IN the West, countries are facing the fallout from a deep recession and financial crisis. Economic growth is at best tenuous in advanced economies, most of which have large levels of national debt.

Comprehensive, country-specific understanding of housing and mortgage markets can help calibrate monetary policy ...

Had walkways been in place between macroeconomics and real estate economics, we might have better anticipated developments ...

The IMF Executive Board completed today the third review under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement with the Union of the Comoros. Approval of the third review enables an immediate disbursement of ...

Jordan’s EFF-supported program, approved in January 2024, remains on track. The completion of the second program review makes another SDR 97.784 million (about US$131 million) available to Jordan, out ...