IMF and Ukrainian authorities reach Staff-Level Agreement on a new US$8.1 billion 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement
Kyiv, Ukraine: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Mr. Gavin Gray held discussions with the Ukrainian authorities during November 17-21 in response to their request for a new Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement. Upon the conclusion of the discussions,...
IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Sierra Leone on the First and Second Reviews of the Extended Credit Facility
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the...
IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Lithuania
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the...
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with Republic of Korea
Washington, DC: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Article IV Consultation for Republic of Korea. The authorities have consented to the publication of the Staff Report prepared for this consultation. Prolonged domestic political and global trade policy...
IMF Staff Completes 2025 Article IV Mission to Mozambique
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the...
Republic of Türkiye: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2025 Article IV Mission
A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV...
IMF Concludes Virtual Mission on the First Review of the Staff-Monitored Program with Mali
Washington, DC: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Ms. Wenjie Chen, conducted a virtual mission from November 10-21, 2025 to assess progress under Mali’s Staff Monitored Program (SMP). The 11-months SMP, approved in March 2025, aims to ensure fiscal sustainability, strengthen...
APEC and the Global Economy
Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Thank you, President Lee Jae Myung, for the opportunity to share the IMF’s latest global economic outlook with APEC leaders, whose economies together represent about 61 percent of global GDP. As Korea is famous for...
