Country Reports
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Czech Republic: 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report | February 4, 2025 - Albania: 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Albania | January 24, 2025
- Malta: 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report | January 22, 2025
- Finland: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Finland | January 21, 2025
- Republic of Poland: 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Poland | January 21, 2025
- Republic of Kosovo: 2024 Article IV Consultation and Third Reviews Under the Stand-By Arrangement and the Arrangement Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; and Staff Report | December 23, 2024
- Ukraine: Sixth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Modification of a Performance Criterion, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Ukraine | December 20, 2024
- Republic of Moldova: Sixth Reviews Under the Extended Credit Facility and Extended Fund Facility Arrangements, Request for modifications of performance criteria, and Second review Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility Arrangement-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Alternative Executive Director for the Republic of Moldova | December 19, 2024
- San Marino: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2024 Article IV Consultation | December 9, 2024
- Türkiye: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2024 Article IV Consultation | October 11, 2024
- Portugal: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2024 Article IV Consultation | October 2, 2024
Themes
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Long-Term Spending Pressures in Europe | March 14, 2025 - Short-term Policy Responses to Geoeconomic Shocks in CESEE Countries | February 14, 2025
- Integrating the EU Energy Market to Foster Growth and Resilience | January 13, 2025
- Europe's Choice: Policies for Growth and Resilience | December 16, 2024
- Vienna Initiative: CESEE Deleveraging and Credit Monitor | December 10, 2024
- Central Banks and Central Banking in a Highly Complex World: Demonstrating Commitment and Preserving Credibility | October 1, 2024
- A Strategic Pivot in Global Fiscal Policy | September 18, 2024
- Bank Profits: Bank Profitability in Europe: Not Here to Stay | July 9, 2024
- Vienna Initiative – CESEE Deleveraging and Credit Monitor | July 1, 2024
- A Strategy for European Competitiveness | June 20, 2024
- Europe Can Reap Sizable Energy Security Rewards by Scaling Up Climate Action | May 28, 2024
- Financing CESEE’s Growth Ambition - Speech by Alfred Kammer at the joint Bank of Slovenia-IMF Conference | May 17, 2024
- Europe: Turning the Recovery into Enduring Growth | May 14, 2024
- An EU Budget for a Global Europe | April 29, 2024
- Germany’s Real Challenges are Aging, Underinvestment, and Too Much Red Tape | March 27, 2024
- The ECB’s Future Monetary Policy Operational Framework: Corridor or Floor? | March 15, 2024
- Executing a Soft Landing for a Lasting Recovery | March 15, 2024
- Remarks by the Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank Conference: Bretton Woods @ 80 and Austria's IMF Membership @ 75 | March 4, 2024
- Carbon Prices and Inflation in the Euro Area | February 16, 2024
Regional Reports and Blogs
A Recovery Short of Europe’s Full Potential
October 2024
Europe’s economy is recovering, benefiting from a strong crises’ response. Yet, the recovery is falling short of its full potential. Uncertainty about persistent core inflation, policy directions, and geopolitical conflicts, is dampening the near-term outlook. In the longer term, perennially weak productivity growth—a result of limited scale and business dynamism–-amid new headwinds from fragmentation and climate change are holding back growth potential.
IMF Blogs - Europe
Europe Needs a Coordinated Approach to Industrial Policy (December 16, 2024)
The 2004 EU Enlargement Was a Success Story Built on Deep Reform Efforts (December 3, 2024)
New European Wealth Gauge Helps Policymakers Address Inequality (November 19, 2024)
How Europe Can Make Carbon Pricing Policies Less Regressive (September 26, 2024)
Euro Area Reports
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2024 Consultation with Euro Area
A Bottom-Up Reduced Form Phillips Curve for the Euro Area (December 16, 2022)
Biases in Survey Inflation Expectations: Evidence from the Euro Area (September 30, 2022)
In the News
- Tight monetary stance needed in many emerging European economies, says IMF (Reuters) | March 15, 2024
- Swedish economic growth 'subdued' in 2024, IMF says | February 5, 2024
- Soaring wage growth risks blunting eastern Europe’s edge, IMF warns (FT, Subscription req.)| November 8, 2023
- ECB must keep rates at or near 4% through 2024 to get inflation down -IMF| November 7, 2023
- IMF: the West is ready to win against inflation, the situation in Eastern Europe is still dangerous| October 17, 2023
- No 'big opening' for rate cuts in central Europe, IMF says| October 13, 2023
- ECB Can’t Afford Interest-Rate Cuts Next Year, IMF’s Kammer Says| September 19, 2023
- Lessons from a century of inflation shocks, Financial Times| September 18, 2023
- Europe’s Central Banks Won’t Need Cash Injection, IMF Paper Says| July 7, 2023
- Global inflation forecasters reflect on a 'humbling task'| June 28, 2023
- BOE Rate Hike Was Right to Reach 2% Inflation, IMF Official Says| June 28, 2023
- Euro zone needs still higher ECB rates, tighter fiscal policy, IMF says| June 16, 2023
- Georgieva for Dnevnik HTV: We expect difficult times| June 4, 2023
- IMF says UK no longer heading for recession but urges against tax cuts (The Guardian) | May 23, 2023
- IMF says it no longer expects UK recession this year (Financial Times) | May 23, 2023
- Germany Should Rethink Debt Brake, Limit Special Funds, IMF Says | May 16, 2023
- "In terms of security policy, no hand can fit between Europe and the USA" | May 11, 2023
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