Tanzania’s Strong Economic Growth Shows Signs of Trickling Down
Sustained rapid economic growth and concerted efforts around national strategies to alleviate poverty have led to a decline of approximately one percentage point per year in the rate of poverty in the country between 2007 and 2012, constituting the...
IMF Mission and Senegal Reach Staff-Level Agreement on the Program under the Policy Support Instrument
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Ali Mansoor visited Senegal from April 24 to May 7, 2015 to conduct discussions with the Senegalese authorities on their economic program, which may be supported by a new three-year IMF arrangement...
IMF Staff Completes Review Mission to Guinea
An IMF mission led by Abdoul Aziz Wane visited Conakry during April 23-May 8, 2015, to conduct discussions on the sixth review of the authorities program supported by an arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), which was approved by the...
IMF Staff Completes the 2015 Discussions with the Central African Economic and Monetary Community on Common Policies for Member Countries
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mario de Zamaróczy, visited Libreville and Yaoundé during April 23–May 7, 2015 and held discussions with the institutions of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC1) on...
French finance minister Michel Sapin rejects "clichés about France"
French Minister Michel SAPIN is at ECON Committee meeting
The cost of undeclared work: employment MEPs vote on new measures to tackle problem
Undeclared work lead to countries missing out on taxes and social security contributions as well as to distortions in the labour market as it gives people who don't declare their services and goods an unfair advantage. Far from being a minor issue,...
OECD annual inflation stable at 0.6% in March 2015
Consumer prices, selected areas
March 2015 percentage change on the same month of the previous year
United Kingdom Contributes US$9.3 Million to Support IMF Technical Assistance in Statistics in Africa and the Middle East
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) have launched a new project to improve macroeconomic statistics in 44 countries in Africa and the Middle East. DFID will provide £6.2...
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2015 Article IV Consultation with Oman
On April 30, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV Consultation with Oman and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting.
Composite leading indicators point to strengthening growth momentum in the euro area
Stable growth momentum in the OECD area
