Coming Soon: Fiscal Monitor, October 2025

COMING SOON

Launch of Fiscal Monitor, October 2025

The Fiscal Monitor is prepared by the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department. Its projections are based on the same database used for the World Economic Outlook (WEO) and the Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR). The fiscal projections for individual countries have been prepared by IMF desk economists, and, in line with the WEO guidelines.

RELEASE DATES

• TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7 @ 1:00 PM ET -- Chapter 1: Spending Smarter: How Efficient and Well-Allocated Public Spending Can Boost Economic Growth
  

• A Panel event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) with:

  • Era Dabla-Norris , Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund
  • Her Excellency Mathilde Mukantabana, Ambassador of Rwanda to the United States
  • Shanta Devarajan, Professor of International Development at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service.
  • Moderator: Philip Luck, Director, Economics Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
• WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15 @ 8:45 AM ET: Press Briefing: Fiscal Monitor, October 2025.

Watch the press briefing with:

• Vitor Gaspar , Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
• Era Dabla-Norris , Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
• Davide Furceri , Division Chief, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
• Moderator: Tatiana Mossot, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

** The press briefing will be available on this page on October 15, 2025 **