The International Monetary Fund is urging Saudi Arabia to pursue “a countercyclical fiscal stance” despite its growing current account and budget deficits. In a statement released on Monday, the IMF ...

As noted in several previous articles, the US economy was partly held back in 2025 due to “fiscal drag.” This means that the fiscal deficit was growing at a slower rate than the overall private ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent noted progress made on reducing the government's fiscal deficit for this fiscal year, ending Sept. 30. The deficit-to-GDP will have fallen to 5.9% from 6.5%, ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The aggregated fiscal stance of euro zone countries should stay neutral next year, the European Commission said on Tuesday in a recommendation that is to help coordinate fiscal ...

Our eLibrary offers over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats. The paper investigates the properties of Poland’s Stabilizing Expenditure Rule (SER) in the context of economic governance reform ...

The paper discusses the introduction of a positive neutral countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) for Albania. The building blocks present a step-by-step guide to assess preconditions to be in place.