Recommends ways to improve the strength of New Zealand's financial sector and the regulatory framework.

This report discusses forecasts of global economic development, including that of emerging economies. The baseline projection for global growth in 2016 is a modest 3.2 percent, broadly in line with last year, and a 0.2 percentage point downward revision relative to the January 2016 World...

This IMF report projects global economic growth to be 3.5 percent in 2015. Overview Global growth remains moderate, with uneven prospects across the main countries and regions. It is projected to be 3.5 percent in 2015, in line with forecasts in the January 2015 World...

This report summarizes the findings of the Financial Sector Assessment Program Update for Australia. Five years after the U.S. sub-prime debacle triggered the global financial crisis (GFC), the Australian economy continues to thrive. Australia is one of the few advanced economies to avoid a recession...

This report looks at the various financial trends and problems currently occurring around the world. The recovery has suffered new setbacks, and uncertainty weighs heavily on the outlook. A key reason is that policies in the major advanced economies have not rebuilt confidence in medium-term...