Kuwait: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report

International Monetary Fund

No 2026/052, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Kuwait has started the transition from an oil dependent welfare state towards a dynamic and diversified economy. Reform momentum has been building, starting with enactment of the Financing and Liquidity Law. Alongside a public investment scale-up, the authorities are working on wide-ranging fiscal and structural reforms, including to energy subsidies and mortgage lending.

Keywords: fund holding; fund relation; FSAP participation; Kuwait's de jure exchange rate arrangement; capital market development; Oil; Public sector; Oil, gas and mining taxes; Public sector wages; Global; Middle East; Central Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 62
Date: 2026-02-24
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