By Our Business Correspondent

The International Monetary Fund has heaped praise on Guyana’s economic management, commending the government for “sustained prudent fiscal policies” and a borrowing strategy that keeps the country at the lowest possible risk of debt distress . With real GDP growth exceeding 19 percent in 2025 and oil production surpassing 900,000 barrels per day, the numbers are indeed spectacular .

But beneath the diplomatic language of the Fund’s 2026 Article IV Concluding Statement lies a more complicated picture—one of unresolved audits, institutional gaps, and warnings that the government’s celebratory reading may obscure .