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Kuwait: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report

February 17, 2026--Summary
Kuwait has started the transition from an oil dependent welfare state towards a dynamic and diversified economy. Reform momentum has been building, starting with enactment of the Financing and Liquidity Law.

Alongside a public investment scale-up, the authorities are working on wide-ranging fiscal and structural reforms, including to energy subsidies and mortgage lending.

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