International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Rato appoints committee to study IMF costs
IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato on Thursday 18 May announced the appointment of a committee of eminent persons to provide the Fund with an independent view of the available options for ensuring that it has a sustainable and durable income base with…
IMF's Rato proposes new first deputy MD
Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Thursday 18 May proposed the appointment of John Lipsky to the position of First Deputy Managing Director.
Framework for independent monetary policy in China
According to this IMF Working Paper, published 15 May, as China's economy becomes more market based and continues its rapid integration into the global economy, having an independent and effective monetary policy regime oriented to domestic objectives…
China needs more central bank independence - IMF
A new paper from the International Monetary Fund says that China should adopt an explicit, long-run inflation objective, strengthen its banking sector, and give its central bank operational independence.
IMF says China to benefit from yuan appreciation
China's economy will benefit from a government decision to allow greater exchange rate flexibility for the yuan, according to an IMF economist.
Is the IMF still useful?
IMF reform has been on the policy agenda for a long time. In the last year, however, reform discussions acquired a new sense of urgency, this article by Barry Eichengreen published Thursday 4 May says.
Interview with IMF's Wanda Tseng
Wanda Tseng, deputy director at the IMF's Asia and Pacific department, said on Tuesday 2 May that China's decision to raise interest rates for the first time in 18 months is welcome but the country needs to let its currency move more freely.
Government debt gears up for change
Paul Brione charts the rise in profile, professionalism and autonomy of government debt offices.
Comment: April in review
April was a particularly eventful month for the International Monetary Fund. The Fund concluded it "spring meeting" in Washington and published new editions of the Global Financial Stability Report and the World Economic Outlook.
IMF's Krueger announces intention to leave
Anne Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, has informed Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato of her intention to leave the Fund at end of her term, which expires on 31 August.
G-7 appeals to IMF to pressure China on yuan
The International Monetary Fund will take up the task of trying to get China to accept a stronger currency, according to this article published on Tuesday 25 April. Whether the IMF is up to shouldering the burden remains to be seen, it says.
Buba's Weber sticks to German growth forecast
The German central bank still expects economic growth of around 'one-and-a half percent' in Germany this year, despite the rallying oil prices, Bundesbank president Axel Weber told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in an interview.
Fed's Ferguson warns over shock potential
U.S. Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson on Saturday 22 April cautioned that the tranquillity of financial markets in recent years does not mean that they were not vulnerable to more severe shocks.
IMF given new surveillance powers
The International Monetary Fund has won new powers after its 184 member countries supported a new framework to monitor how the economic policies of one country affect others.
Reshaping the IMF - Not even a cat to rescue
This article published Thursday 20 April reports that the International Monetary Fund's budget is shrinking and the morale of its staff is sinking. Some of its best customers are now doing without it, leaving some of its biggest shareholders wondering…
IMF's Rajan says 10% growth feasible in India
The International Monetary Fund's chief economist said on Wednesday 19 April that India's medium-term goal of growing its economy 10 percent a year is realistic if it can boost infrastructure and job creation.
U.S. may rethink size of IMF stake
According to this article published on Wednesday 19 April, the United States will consider reducing its voting stake in the International Monetary Fund as part of an overhaul that would require the lender to increase scrutiny of nations' currency…
IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2006
The International Monetary Fund published its World Economic Outlook April 2006 on 19 April. In the report the IMF said the ECB shouldn't "rush" to raise interest rates even as the eurozone economy expands this year by the most since 2004.
Comment: IMF reform checklist
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday 19 April released its latest World Economic Outlook. Its central projection sees global growth at 4.75 percent in 2006 and 2007. The distribution of risks, however, is increasingly slanted to the downside.
Nijathaworn with some thoughts on IMF reform
In the speech 'Some thoughts on IMF reform on crisis prevention and crisis resolution' given on 28 February Bandid Nijathaworn of the Bank of Thailand said the challenge to IMF reform on crisis prevention and crisis resolution has many dimensions.
IMF Global Financial Stability Report, April 2006
The International Monetary Fund published its Global Financial Stability Report for April 2006 on 11 April. World financial markets have strengthened but cyclical challenges are emerging from the prospect of higher interest rates and an unwinding of…
Comment: The IMF's Global FSR
The IMF yesterday unveiled its latest Global Financial Stability Report at the Bank of England head office in London. "The near-term outlook is as good as it gets," Gerd Hausler, director of the IMF's capital markets unit, said at the press conference.
Will IMF set sights on managing global reserves?
This article published on Saturday 8 April says that some indication of the IMF medium-term strategy report's likely content can be gleaned from a series of speeches given over the past two months by de Rato, and deputy managing directors Takatoshi Kato…