International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Speech by H Kohler, Managing Director, IMF, 17 Apr
SPEECH - Kohler said in a speech titled 'Promoting Sustained Growth and International Financial Stability' that the U.S. economic recovery should provide a lift for the rest of the world, making now a good time for the world's largest economies to…
IMF statement on Argentina
STATEMENT - Statement by the IMF Mission to Argentina, 17 April.
Argentine economy minister to meet US' O'Neill
ARGENTINA - Argentine Economy Minister Jorge Remes Lenicov, seeking IMF aid to help stabilize a brutal recession, will meet with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill during an upcoming trip to Washington, Argentine officials said late on Tuesday.
Remarks on the IMF Mission in Argentina
PRESS BRIEFING - Introductory Remarks on the Role of the IMF Mission in Argentina, Anoop Singh, Director for Special Operations, IMF, Press Briefing, Buenos Aires, 10 April, 2002.
IMF World Economic Outlook
REPORT - World Economic and Financial Surveys, Recessions and Recoveries, April 2002.
Speech by H Kohler, Managing Director, IMF, 21 Mar
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'The Monterrey Consensus and Beyond: Moving from Vision to Action' Kohler hailed the proposed document Monterrey Consensus saying that he was encouraged by the unprecedented degree of agreement about what is required to…
Speech by Anne Krueger of the IMF, 20 Mar
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Growth and Reform in Russia' Krueger said Russia should aim for economic growth of between 4%-6% a year for the next 10-15 years.
Speech by Anne Krueger of the IMF, 1 Apr
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'New Approaches to Sovereign Debt Restructuring: An Update on Our Thinking' Krueger said "Under the approach I have in mind, the essential decision-making power would be vested in the debtor and a supermajority of its…
IMF News Brief
NEWS BRIEF - Press Statement by the IMF Mission to Argentina, 15 March.
IMF Global Financial Stability Report, March 2002
REPORT - A Quarterly Report on Market Developments and Issues from the International Monetary Fund, March 2002.
Central bank independence should be preserved-IMF
UK - The IMF on Wednesday criticised moves in Israel and Poland to limit the independence of their central banks.
IMF News Brief
NEWS BRIEF - IMF Sending Mission to Argentina, 4 March.
Speech by H Kohler, Managing Director, IMF, 28 Feb
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Inflation Targeting' Kohler said that there has been a widespread desire to avoid excessive volatility in the exchange rates of the world's major currencies ever since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods system.
Speech by Anne Krueger of the IMF, 25 February
SPEECH - The world economy is at or near a turning point, which makes it difficult for central banks to make the right decisions on interest rates, International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director Anne Krueger said in a speech titled 'Making…
Townhall Meeting with IMF and World Bank leaders
MEETING - IMF Managing Director Horst Kohler and World Bank President James Wolfensohn with Civil Society Representatives Participating in the International Conference on Poverty Reduction Strategies, moderated by Warren Nyamugasira, Uganda National NGO…
IMF News Brief
NEWS BRIEF - IMF's Kohler: Good Start to New Relationship with Argentina IMF Managing Director Horst Kohler said in Washington, D.C. today (13 February).
Argentina has a month to get IMF aid, bankers say
ARGENTINA - Argentina may descend into a chaotic spiral of hyperinflation and social unrest unless the government can secure a massive IMF loan package in the next 30 days, local bankers and analysts said.
IMF News Brief
NEWS BRIEF - IMF's Kohler Welcomes Remes Visit, says IMF Working Closely with Argentina, 8 February.
Dornbusch's Overshooting Model After 25 Years
RESEARCH - Second Annual IMF Research Conference, Mundell-Fleming Lecture, Kenneth Rogoff, Economic Counselor and Director of the IMF Research Department, 29 November 2001, (revised 22 January, 2002) released 7 February.
Turkey - Letter of Intent
NEWS - The following item is a Letter of Intent of the government of Turkey, which describes the policies that Turkey intends to implement in the context of its request for financial support from the IMF.
IMF Press Release, 4 February
PRESS RELEASE - IMF Managing Director Sees Impressive Commitment by Turkey to Economic Reforms; Executive Board Approves US$16 Billion Stand-By Credit.
Speech by Horst Kohler, Managing Director, IMF
SPEECH - In his speech titled 'Working for a Better Globalization' Kohler urged Argentine authorities to develop a comprehensive and coherent economic strategy that the lender can back with loans.
IMF's Koehler urges coherent plan from Argentina
US - The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday urged Argentine authorities to develop a comprehensive and coherent economic strategy that the lender can back with loans.
Speech by Stanley Fischer of the IMF
SPEECH - In his speech titled 'Breaking Out of the Third World: India's Economic Imperative' Fischer said the Indian monetary policy of not trying to peg a particular value for the rupee was good economics and that all the eight countries which…