International Monetary Fund (IMF)
IMF studies G-7 factors in global business cycles
IMF study examines impact of G-7 indicators in driving global business cycles
IMF: Historical debt stats will help plot growth strategy
IMF says its historical public debt database will help policymakers see the relationship between debt and growth; data goes as far back as 1791
Global recovery unbalanced, says IMF’s Strauss-Kahn
IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn concerned with unbalanced nature of global recovery
IMF paper identifies Brazilian interest rate regime switch
Fund study says Brazil’s relatively low interest rate level and lack of volatility are owing to regime changes
Central banks break 20-year streak with net gold purchase in 2010
World Gold Council's Fourth Quarter Investment Digest says central bank purchases of gold slightly outweighed sales for first time in 20 years on growing demand for the precious metal
IMF’s Lipsky on measures to stem capital controls
IMF first deputy managing director John Lipsky favours use of macroeconomic policy levers to tackle emerging market capital inflows including capital controls
IMF uneasy on nagging weakness of eurozone’s banks
Fund’s Global Financial Stability Report and World Economic Outlook updates show concern over insufficiency of eurozone stress tests, links between banking and sovereign risks
Safe haven effects caused exchange rate swings: IMF paper
Fund study identifies source of exchange rate volatility during financial crisis
IMF deputy managing director Portugal to leave Fund
Fund’s deputy managing director Murilo Portugal steps down to pursue vacant presidency role at Brazilian Banking Federation
Estonia joins third central bank gold agreement
Bank of Estonia signs agreement limiting central bank gold sales to 400 tonnes a year up to August 2014; follows country’s entry to the eurozone
Political instability hampers growth: IMF research
Fund study shows political instability significantly reduces economic growth
Gold could hit $1,600 in 2011, say analysts
Commentators say investor appetite for the precious metal will continue to soar as concerns over US economy, eurozone sovereign debt issues, persist
IMF paper identifies de-dollarisation drivers in South America
Fund study says de-dollarisation of deposits and development of local capital markets key factors in Latin American countries
IMF’s Lipsky calls for major US fiscal consolidation
IMF first deputy managing director, John Lipsky, says measures to ease debt burden in Unites States could have broader benefits for global recovery
Spain’s monetary policy could not have prevented housing bust: IMF
Fund study says retaining the peseta would not have necessary prevented the housing collapse in Spain over the last decade
Inflation in emerging markets driven by exchange rates: IMF study
Fund study shows emerging market countries exhibit strong exchange rate monetary policy channels compared to more conventional channels
IMF in bid to strengthen governance of cross-border capital flows
IMF executive directors support greater Fund role in surveillance of cross-border capital flows and creation of rules for capital account policies
Irish central bank names advisers for stress test exercise
Central Bank of Ireland calls for BlackRock Solutions, Boston Consulting Group and Barclays Capital to assist in stress tests
IMF paper investigates financial integration in Asia
Fund study finds equity and debt markets within Asian countries remain considerably more integrated with countries outside the region than within
Financial crises hit imports hardest: IMF research
Fund study shows financial crises are associated with large and persistent losses in imports while exports are not adversely affected
IMF paper investigates drivers of extreme commodity price movements
Fund research looks to wine and crude oil prices to uncover the causes of volatility
IMF takes final step in changing SDR basket
Fund sets exchange rate for SDR; continues to peg unit of account to yen, dollar, euro and sterling
Fund completes gold sales
IMF completes sale of 403 tonnes of gold, drawing 15 month process to an end; ease of effort linked to central banks' demand for the metal
Capital flows drive financial imbalances: IMF study
Fund paper says capital inflows are main factor behind financial imbalances, with effects worsened by insufficient oversight