IMF Staff Completes Mission for the Third Post-Program Monitoring to Antigua and Barbuda
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Mr. Meredith Arnold McIntyre, visited Antigua and Barbuda during March 9-16 to conduct the third Post-Program Monitoring review. Based on the preliminary findings of this mission, staff will prepare...
EU-US trade deal: what does Europe have to gain from it?
(From left) Bernd Lange and Cecilia Malmström during the discussion on TTIP
New Congressional Budget Proposals Cut 220 Meals a Year from SNAP Participants
IMF Staff Completes 2015 Article IV Mission to the Federated States of Micronesia
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Yasuaki Yoneyama, visited Pohnpei from March 9-20, 2015, to conduct the 2015 Article IV Consultation discussions. The team met with the Secretary of Finance and Administration and other senior...
Schulz: “Energy union is a historic project”
Martin Schulz welcomed plans for an energy union calling it a “historic project on a par only with the Coal and Steel Community” in a speech at the start of the Council summit on 19 March. The EP President also called for more energy efficiency and...
International Trade Committee MEPs back €1.8 billion EU loan plans for Ukraine
Plans to disburse €1.8 billion in medium-term loans to help Ukraine out of its economic recession were backed by the International Trade Committee on Thursday. The loans will top up financial help from other donors under an economic programme put...
Step up east-west energy cooperation, urge MEPs and eastern neighbourhood MPs
The EU's new eastern partnership policy should boost cooperation with its eastern neighbourhood countries to reduce both parties’ energy dependence on Russia, said MEPs and MPs from eastern partnership countries at the fourth Euronest Parliamentary...
IMF Staff Concludes the 2015 Article IV Mission for Iraq
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Carlo Sdralevich visited Amman from March 6–15 to conduct the 2015 Article IV Consultation discussions with the Iraqi authorities.
Low oil prices and monetary easing triggering modest acceleration of global recovery
Low oil prices and monetary easing are boosting growth in the world’s major economies, but the near-term pace of expansion remains modest, with abnormally low inflation and interest rates pointing to risks of financial instability, according to the...
IMF Mission Reaches Staff-Level Agreement on Sixth Review Under the SBA with Jordan
A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Kristina Kostial, visited Amman from February 24-March 10 to conduct the sixth review of Jordan’s economic performance under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) approved in August 2012.
