{"id":407277,"date":"2026-03-25T16:34:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=407277"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:34:54","slug":"imf-estimates-morocco-to-grow-4-4-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/imf-estimates-morocco-to-grow-4-4-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"IMF estimates Morocco to grow 4.4% in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The International Monetary Fund (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imf.org\/en\/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMF<\/a>) released on Wednesday (25), in Washington, United States, the results of an assessment of Morocco\u2019s economy, as it does annually for all member countries. According to this review, concluded on the 20<sup>th<\/sup>, Morocco\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have grown 4.9% in 2025, to grow 4.4% this year, 4.5% in 2027, and 4% in the medium term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, the Fund\u2019s Executive Board said 2025 GDP \u201caccelerated\u201d to 4.9% due to the recovery in agricultural production and an increase in infrastructure projects. Those same segments, however, are cited as possible drivers of a widening current account deficit, since in both cases many inputs are imported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInflation is expected to rise temporarily during the year from its currently low levels, mainly reflecting higher energy prices, before settling at around 2 percent over the medium term. Given the high import content of infrastructure investment and higher cost of commodity imports, the current account deficit is expected to widen moderately,\u201d the fund said in its statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement said average inflation stood at 0.8% last year. Contained prices allowed Bank Al-Maghrib, the African country\u2019s central bank, to maintain a \u201cneutral\u201d monetary policy without further interest rate cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the main domestic challenges highlighted by the Fund is the high unemployment rate, at 13% last year. In the IMF\u2019s assessment, local authorities are implementing measures to create jobs, but the institution called for reforms to foster \u201ca more dynamic private sector\u201d that can create jobs. Among external challenges, the report cites the conflict in the Middle East, which affects global commodity markets and reduces global demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this assessment, the Fund considered that Morocco continues to meet the qualification criteria for the Flexible Credit Line. This financing line is made available to countries with strong policy frameworks so they can prevent and mitigate crises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more<\/em>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/number-of-brazilian-tourists-in-morocco-rises-21\/\">Number of Brazilian tourists in Morocco rises 21%<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-407266\">\u00a9Abdel Majid Bziouat\/AFP<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Monetary Fund forecasts GDP will sustain around 4% annual growth in the medium term but warns of risks stemming from the conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":407266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[35177,28576,31606,29283,9552],"class_list":{"0":"post-407277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-desemprego-en","9":"tag-fmi-en-2","10":"tag-inflacao-en","11":"tag-infraestrutura-en","12":"tag-marrocos-en"},"wps_subtitle":"The International Monetary Fund forecasts GDP will sustain around 4% annual growth in the medium term but warns of risks stemming from the conflict in the Middle East.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}