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Panama: Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation

February 20, 2001

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Panama: Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed December 11, 2024

Summary

Under the Stand-By Arrangement, Panama has achieved good economic performance owing to its strong financial reform and low inflation. Executive Directors welcomed this step, and stressed the need to improve fiscal consolidation and tax reforms, tighten monetary stance, strengthen public finances, and accelerate structural reforms. They agreed that the country's economic and financial statistics are adequate for surveillance and program purposes, and encouraged the authorities to address remaining weaknesses, especially in the balance of payments and national accounts.

Subject: Banking, Basel Core Principles, Commercial banks, Economic sectors, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Financial regulation and supervision, Public debt, Public sector

Keywords: Alfredo Maciá, Basel Core Principles, Basis, Body, Commercial banks, CR, Current account, ISCR, Panama-headquartered bank, Preliminary data, Private sector, Public sector, South America, Statement by Murilo Portugal, Target for the PSBR

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    50

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2001/039

  • Stock No:

    1PANEA0012001

  • ISBN:

    9781451830828

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685