Press Release No. 16/71
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2015 Article IV Consultation with the United Kingdom
February 24, 2016
On February 12, 2016, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation1 with the United Kingdom.
The UK economy has been growing steadily. Economic recovery has been driven by robust expansion of private domestic demand and has supported rapid job growth, with the unemployment rate falling to 5.1 percent in late 2015.





