Amid heightened uncertainty, policymakers will need to deal with complex trade-offs between debt, slower growth, and new ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Matthew Gaertner held the 2025 Article IV consultation and discussions on the second review under the Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI) with ...

Amid trade tensions and high policy uncertainty, the path forward will be determined by how challenges are confronted and ...

A technical assistance mission assisted the State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan (SSC) in developing the system of quarterly national accounts. It did so by reviewing the compilation of quarterly ...

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Korea’s unemployment rate has remained significantly lower than pre-pandemic levels. This paper examines the dynamics of unemployment through a framework of labor ...

This paper investigates the short- and medium-term economic impacts of natural disasters, focusing on Pacific Island Countries (PICs) and using global high-frequency nightlight data in addition to ...

On April 18, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the 2026-28 financial years (FY26-28) medium-term budget ...

A Technical Assistance (TA) mission, supported by the Caribbean Technical Assistance Center (CARTAC), was conducted from September 9–20, 2024, to assist Saint Lucia’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) ...

First, Europe should aim for more, not less trade. Preserving openness is crucial given the importance of trade (Figure 5), ...

The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is now available in SDMX format from our Entire Dataset page. For more information about SDMX, please visit SDMX.org For Bolivia, projections for 2027–30 have ...

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随着全球经济体系的重置，美国的关税达到了一个世纪以来的最高水平，其中，最严厉的一些关税措施针对的是亚洲。作为全球贸易的领导者，亚洲对2024年全球增长的贡献接近60%。然而，该地区基于贸易自由化和价值链融入的成功增长模式正面临越来越大的挑战。