TY - BOOK ID - 138982423 TI - Extension of Consultation Cycles Due to COVID-19 Pandemic. PY - 2020 SN - 1513542834 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Crisis management. KW - Exports and Imports KW - Finance KW - Finance: General KW - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration KW - Financial services industry KW - Financial stability assessment KW - General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation KW - International economics KW - Monetary unions UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138982423 AB - To better respond to the unprecedented demand from the membership for financing and crisis support in response to the covid-19 pandemic, there is a temporary postponement of staff’s work on Article IV consultations and mandatory Financial Stability Assessments. To ensure the postponement has no adverse impact of members’ compliance with their obligations, the deadlines for upcoming Article IV consultations and for discussions with currency unions have been extended by 6 months. This paper provides additional background on these temporary arrangements. ER -