Jordan: Staff Report for the 2022 Article IV Consultation and Fourth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Request for Augmentation and Rephasing of Access, and Modification of Performance Criteria—Informational Annex
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JORDAN

STAFF REPORT FOR THE 2022 ARTICLE IV CONSULTATION AND FOURTH REVIEW UNDER THE EXTENDED ARRANGEMENT UNDER THE EXTENDED FUND FACILITY, REQUEST FOR AUGMENTATION AND REPHASING OF ACCESS, AND MODIFICATION OF PERFORMANCE CRITERIA—INFORMATIONAL ANNEX

June 14, 2022

Prepared By

The Middle East and Central Asia Department (In consultation with other departments)

Contents

  • FUND RELATIONS

  • RELATIONS WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

  • STATISTICAL ISSUES

Fund Relations

(As of May 31, 2022)

Membership Status: Joined August 29, 1952; Article VIII

General Resources Account:

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SDR Department:

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Outstanding Purchases and Loans:

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Latest Financial Arrangements:

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Overdue Obligations and Projected Payments to Fund1

(SDR million; based on existing use of resources and present holdings of SDRs)

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Safeguards Assessment: Under the Fund’s safeguards assessment policy, the CBJ was subject to an assessment with respect to the Extended Arrangement under Extended Fund Facility (EFF), which was approved by the Executive Board on March 25, 2020. The assessment, completed in July 2020, found that the central bank continues to strengthen its safeguards framework. The assessment made a number of recommendations, which have been mostly implemented.

Exchange System: The Jordanian dinar is fully convertible and is officially pegged to the SDR. In practice, the dinar has been pegged to the U.S. dollar since October 1995 at JD 1 = $1.41044. Jordan accepted the obligations of Article VIII, Sections 2, 3, and 4 in 1995 and maintains an exchange system free of restrictions on payments and transfers for current international transactions.

Last Article IV Consultation: The 2020 Article IV consultation was concluded by the Executive Board on April 10, 2020. The Staff Report and Executive Board Assessment can be found in IMF Country Report 20/146 at: https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2020/04/10/Jordan-2020-Article-IV-Consultation-and-Request-for-an-Extended-Arrangement-under-the-49324

Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP): An FSAP assessment is currently underway for Jordan and the corresponding report is tentatively scheduled to be presented to the Executive Board in February 2023. The previous FSAP assessment was conducted in 2008, and the report presented to the Executive Board at the time of the 2008 Article IV consultation (SM/09/104).

Technical Assistance (TA): Extensive technical assistance has been provided to Jordan over recent years (see attached table).

Documents:

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Jordan: Technical Assistance, 2013–22

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Relations with Other International Institutions

Statistical Issues

(As of June 7, 2022)

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Jordan: Table of Common Indicators Required for Surveillance

(As of June 7, 2022)

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Any reserve assets that are pledged or otherwise encumbered should be specified separately. Also, data should comprise short-term liabilities linked to a foreign currency but settled by other means as well as the notional values of financial derivatives to pay and to receive foreign currency, including those linked to a foreign currency but settled by other means.

Both market-based and officially-determined, including discount rates, money market rates, rates on treasury bills, notes and bonds.

Foreign, domestic bank, and domestic nonbank financing.

The general government consists of the central government (budgetary funds, extra budgetary funds, and social security funds) and state and local governments.

Including currency and maturity composition.

Includes external gross financial asset and liability positions vis-à-vis nonresidents.

Daily (D); weekly (W); monthly (M); quarterly (Q); annually (A); irregular (I); not available (NA).

Reflects the assessment provided in the substantive update of the data ROSC published in February 2004 for the dataset corresponding to the variable in each row. The assessment indicates whether international standards concerning (respectively) concepts and definitions, scope, classification/sectorization, and basis for recording are fully observed (O), largely observed (LO), largely not observed (LNO), not observed (NO), or not available (NA).

Same as footnote 8, except referring to international standards concerning (respectively) source data, statistical techniques, assessment and validation of source data, assessment and validation of intermediate data and statistical outputs, and revision studies.

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When a member has overdue financial obligations outstanding for more than three months, the amount of such arrears will be shown in this section.

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Jordan: 2022 Article IV Consultation and Fourth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Request for Augmentation and Rephasing of Access, and Modification of Performance Criteria-Press Release; Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Statement by the Executive Director for Jordan
Author:
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.