IMF gains bigger budget to handle economic ‘inflection point’

Decade of flat budgets hampered efforts to tackle “profound” macroeconomic shift, fund says

International Monetary Fund Headquarters 2, Washington, DC
International Monetary Fund Headquarters 2, Washington, DC
Photo: John Harrington

The International Monetary Fund is set for a real increase in its budget for the first time in over a decade, as it responds to what it calls an “inflection point” for the global economy.

In a document published on May 27 but dated November 2021, fund staff propose a 2% annual increase in the real value of its budget over the fiscal years from 2023–25. Thereafter, they suggest returning to a flat budget.

The IMF has operated with budgetary resources equivalent to roughly $1.2 billion a year –

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