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The Region from the Minneapolis Fed December 2002
PUBLICATION - The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis has published its regular magazine, The Region, for December 2002. This issue includes an interview with the first deputy managing director of the IMF Anne O Krueger who discusses currency boards, the…
Concluding Statement of the IMF Mission to Norway
REPORT - Each year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) assesses the Norwegian economy. During the last few days, a delegation from the IMF has visited Norway to gather information about the economic and financial situation and to discuss economic…
The Inflation Targeting Framework in Norway
RESEARCH - This IMF working paper assesses the institutional and technical design of Norway's inflation targeting framework which was adopted in early 2001, as well as its potential implications for the practical implementation of monetary policy against…
The Inflation Targeting Framework in Norway
RESEARCH - IMF Working Paper, November 2002 by Jarkko Soikkeli. This paper assesses the institutional and technical design of Norway's inflation targeting framework, as well as its potential implications for the practical implementation of monetary…
Crisis Prevention and Crisis Management
RESEARCH - IMF Working Paper, November 2002 by Udaibir Das and Marc Quintyn, Monetary and Exchange Affairs Department, 'Crisis Prevention and Crisis Management: The Role of Regulatory Governance'. This paper first defines four key components of…
The ECB and Euro-Area Enlargement
RESEARCH - IMF Working Paper by Helge Berger, October 2002. The likely enlargement of euro-area membership will radically change the environment under which monetary policy will be made in the euro area. This paper looks at the consequences of such an…
IMF upbeat on Ukrainian monetary policy
UKRAINE - The International Monetary Fund has approved the monetary policy of the National Bank of Ukraine because it enabled Ukraine to maintain stable prices and keep the low inflation rate, the head of the IMF mission in Ukraine, Emanuel van der…
Review of Globalization and its Discontents
Joseph Stiglitz’s capacity to shock is not in doubt. But his view of globalisation is too narrow, and he is wide of the mark on the discontent, suggests Graham Bannock.
Review of Argentina and the Fund: from triumph to tragedy
While Michael Mussa honestly recognises Fund failings, Benedict Mander finds his suggested tweaks for the system disappointingly conservative.
Currency crises compared
John Chown looks at the lessons to be learned from responses to recent financial crises. They show that devaluation can work, and indeed generally does.
Argentina: IMF deal mooted for Friday
ARGENTINA - A deal between Argentina and the IMF rescheduling US$14bn falling due to the multilateral agencies between now and the end of next year could be announced as soon as Friday of this week, according to a number of sources in Buenos Aires.
Argentina races to get IMF deal before new default
ARGENTINA - Argentine officials arrived in Washington on Monday to try to break the latest impasse in aid talks with the IMF as a potentially disastrous new debt default loomed less than two weeks away.
IMF News Brief
NEWS BRIEF - IMF Managing Director Kohler Congratulates Brazil's President-Elect, 28 October.
Anne Krueger on supporting globalization
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Supporting Globalization' Anne Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund said that the prospects were good for continued economic growth and globalization in the 21st century.
IMF's Stefan Ingves on the Nordic Banking Crisis
SPEECH - In a speech titled 'The Nordic Banking Crisis from an International Perspective' Stefan Ingves, Director, Monetary and Exchange Affairs Department at the IMF said that the lessons of the Nordic countries in dealing with their banking crises…
IMF News Brief
NEWS BRIEF - IMF Managing Director Horst Kohler to Visit Mauritania, Algeria and Tunisia during 14-21 October.
IMF Survey, Vol. 31, No 18, October 7
SURVEY - The latest issue includes various reports on the 2002 Annual Meetings: overview, speeches, communiques, press conferences. There are also articles on African capacity building, FDI website, Burton to head Asia-Pacific Department, prolonged use…
IMF's Kohler calls for ECB rate cut
EUROPE - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Horst Koehler said the European Central Bank should cut interest rates soon to help boost the economy.Koehler said he believes a drop in rates would stimulate growth, adding that central bankers must…
IMF delegation arrives in Tajikistan
TAJIKISTAN - A delegation from the International Monetary Fund led by [the head of the IMF mission in Tajikistan] Mr Robert Christiansen has arrived in Dushanbe today, Thursday.
Monetary Authority of Singapore Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Singapore to host 2006 annual meeting of IMF and World Bank, 29 September.
A Factsheet from the IMF - Money Laundering
FACTSHEET - The IMF and the Fight Against Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism, 31 August 2002.
A Factsheet from the IMF - Good Governance
FACTSHEET - The IMF and Good Governance, 21 August 2002.
IMF News Brief
NEWS BRIEF - IMF Managing Director Horst Kohler Meets Colombian President lvaro Uribe, 25 September.