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Uzbekistan|business|July 26, 2017 / 10:53 AM
IMF ready to provide technical cooperation to support Uzbekistan's reforms

AKIPRESS.COM - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Albert Jaeger visited Tashkent on July 17–24 to discuss economic developments and the authorities’ reform plans, the IMF reports.

The mission welcomed the authorities’ comprehensive plans to reform the economy, based on the 2017-21 strategy for further developing Uzbekistan approved by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The mission also praised the authorities’ plan to frontload reforms of the foreign exchange system.

"The IMF stands ready to provide further technical cooperation and policy advice to support the authorities’ reform plans," the statement says.

The mission welcomed the CBU’s recent tightening of monetary policy, including by raising the refinancing rate from 9 to 14 percent.

“Budget policy has stayed a prudent course so far in 2017, and the consolidated state budget is now projected to reach a surplus of 0.2 percent of GDP. To be consistent with the new exchange rate and monetary policy regime, the 2018 fiscal stance will need to remain tight.”

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