International Monetary Fund (IMF)
SWFs must follow market rules - Strauss-Kahn
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the leading candidate to become the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has said sovereign wealth funds should follow standard market rules and believes the Fund has a role to play in overseeing them.
Recent developments in US subprime
The International Monetary Fund has published a working paper called "Money for Nothing and Checks for Free: Recent Developments in US Subprime Mortgage Markets."
IMF report on the US
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the US economy should shake off the effects of the housing market decline and expand by almost 3% by the middle of 2008.
IMF board backs global imbalances plan
The board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has backed a plan for conducting multilateral surveillance aimed at reducing global imbalances.
South African inflation target band remains
The South African Reserve Bank's current inflation target band of 3% to 6% will be maintained despite criticism from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), finance minister Trevor Manuel announced on Monday 6 August.
Real effective exchange rates in WAEMU
A new paper from the IMF investigates the long-run equilibrium paths of the real effective exchange rates (REERs) of countries in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU).
Explaining inflation differentials
This working paper by the International Monetary Fund suggests that some central banks may aim at comparatively high inflation rates mainly to make up for, and to perhaps exploit, lagging internal and external liberalisation in their economies.
De Rato warns against private equity buy-outs
Rodrigo de Rato, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, has warned against the dangers posed to global investment and growth prospects from the sharp rise in private equity buy-outs.
IMF on euro area policies
A report by the International Monetary Fund on euro area policies, released on 31 July, said that the outlook for the region was the best in years, but stabilising inflation below 2% may imply further gradual tightening of monetary policy.
IMF's Rato on capital flows
In a speech given on 28 July Rodrigo de Rato, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said that imposing direct limits or controls on capital inflows sets central banks and private financial institutions against each other.
Gambian central bank governor quits
The governor of Gambia's central bank, Famara Jatta, has left the country to take up the less prestigious position of representative of the African Development Bank (ADB) in Sudan.
Global Financial Stability Report - Caruana speech
In this webcast, Jaime Caruana, the director of the monetary and capital markets department of the International Monetary Fund, discusses the main findings of the Fund's April 2007 Global Financial Stability Report.
Fund raises 2007 and 2008 growth forecast
The July update of the World Economic Outlook (WEO) published on 25 July by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) increased the Fund forecast for global economic growth for 2007 and 2008 to 5.2%, from 4.9%.
Bank of Netherlands Antilles to be investigated
The financial supervision exercised by the Bank of the Netherlands Antilles (BNA) is to be checked once more by the Dutch Financial Market Authority (AFM). Last month it was announced that the AFM had found the BNA to be seriously lacking in its…
Introducing Islamic banks - IMF paper
This paper looks at how Islamic financial institutions have been introduced in "conventional" financial systems.
Why Europe needs a banking charter
The authors of this IMF Working Paper argue that a full-fledged EU-level prudential regime that operates along-side national regimes - which they call a "European Banking Charter" - could harness market forces to establish a level playing field for…
Australia also wants wider net for Fund leader
Peter Costello, the Australian federal treasurer, has joined the international chorus urging a departure from tradition in the selection of the next head of the International Monetary Fund.
Choose Fund head on merit - Colombia's Uribe
Jose Dario Uribe, the governor of the central bank of Colombia, says it is still too early to select a candidate to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to succeed Rodrigo de Rato, who will leave the Fund in October.
Monetary integration in Southern Africa
This IMF working paper finds that the current Common Monetary Area (CMA) agreements between South African, Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia, although not a full monetary union, have delivered many benefits of a full monetary union.
Mohohlo slams Fund and Bank governance deficit
In a speech to the executive directors of the IMF, Linah Mohohlo, the governor of the Bank of Botswana blasts America and Europe for what she describes as a sense of entitlement in the appointment of the heads of the World Bank and the Fund.
IMF paper on managing director appointments
A new paper from the Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF looks back at the history of appointing managing directors at the Fund.
Strauss-Kahn gets EU boost for top Fund job
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former French finance minister, looks set to become the next managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after receiving the support of the finance ministers of the European Union (EU). The current managing…
New French candidate for IMF emerges
A former finance minister of France, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has emerged as one of the early favourites to become the next head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The current managing director, Rodrigo de Rato, announced last month that he would…
IMF paper on public debt markets
This IMF paper reviews the state of domestic public debt markets in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.