International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Strauss-Kahn set to become IMF managing director
In keeping with tradition, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recruited another EU-backed appointee - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former French finance minister - to succeed Rodrigo de Rato as head.
Tosovsky and Strauss-Kahn interview for IMF head
Josef Tosovsky's and Dominique Strauss-Kahn's respective statements to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the role of managing director touched on similar problems. But their solutions differed vastly.
Links between ownership, market structure and risk
The relationship in developing countries between banks' risk of failure, market structure, their ownership, and screening and bankruptcy costs is investigated in an International Monetary Fund paper published on Wednesday.
Turmoil will impact global economy- IMF's de Rato
Rodrigo de Rato, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said the recent bout of money-market volatility will affect global growth.
Globalisation's impact on UK inflation
The author of this paper uses the International Monetary Fund's new Global Economy Model (GEM) to estimate the importance of various factors, which are used to explain the differences in the trends in core inflation and relative prices in the UK, the…
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.