International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Strauss-Kahn and Tosovsky vie for top IMF job
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former French finance minister, and Josef Tosovsky, the head of the Financial Stability Institute, are the only two candidates for the top job at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Europe's IMF domination to end with Strauss-Kahn?
Jean-Claude Juncker, the prime minister of Luxembourg, has said that Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the EU's nominee to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will be the last managing director to come from the EU for the "foreseeable future".
Russia piles on pressure for Tosovsky
Aleksei Mozhin, Russia's executive director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), reiterated his country's support for Josef Tosovsky to head the organisation.
Securitisation led to subprime growth
The introduction of automated underwriting and securitisation caused the US subprime loans market to expand, according to two International Monetary Fund (IMF) researchers.
IMF head plays down market volatility
Rodrigo de Rato, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), expects both US and global economic growth to continue in spite of financial turmoil.
Russia wants Czech governor Tosovsky to head IMF
Russia has nominated Josef Tosovsky, the former head of the Czech National Bank and the current chair of the Bank for International Settlements' Financial Stability Institute, to take over from Rodrigo Rato at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Measuring exchange rates in poor countries
This International Monetary Fund paper examines the difficulties in determining the real exchange rate in low-income countries.
Australia's move to a floating currency
A new paper from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) praises Australia's handling of its move to a floating currency in 1983.
IMF paper criticises UK's golden rule
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published a working paper which suggests improvements the United Kingdom's measure of fiscal performance - the golden rule.
Central banks continue to plug markets
On Friday, central banks around the world engaged in an orchestrated effort, initiated by the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Federal Reserve a day earlier, to keep money markets afloat amidst wide-spread fears of a global credit crunch.
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…