IMF Issues Statement on Muscat, Oman Visit
April 19, 2018
April 19, 2018
WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The International Monetary Fund issued the following statement by team leader Stephane Roudet, during a visit to Muscat, Oman, on April 3-16 to discuss the 2018 Article IV consultation:
"Non-hydrocarbon economic growth is estimated to have picked up modestly in 2017 to about 2 percent, from 1.5 percent in 2016, as higher confidence in the wake of the rebound in oil prices helped offset the impact from fiscal consolidation on economic activity. However, o . . .
"Non-hydrocarbon economic growth is estimated to have picked up modestly in 2017 to about 2 percent, from 1.5 percent in 2016, as higher confidence in the wake of the rebound in oil prices helped offset the impact from fiscal consolidation on economic activity. However, o . . .