The Global Financial Crisis: The Role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

This report discusses two potential roles the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may have in helping to resolve the current global financial crisis: (1) immediate crisis control through balance of payments lending to emerging market and less-developed countries and (2) increased surveillance of the g...

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Main Author: Weiss, Martin A.
Other Authors: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Economics and Cost Analysis
Government and Political Science
*INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
*CRISIS MANAGEMENT
*FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
COMMERCE
EMERGENCIES
ECONOMICS
RATES
BALANCE
RESOURCES
EXCHANGE
SPILLING
FORESTS
ICELAND
SYMPOSIA
PAYMENT
STABILITY
UNITED STATES
Iceland
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA494922
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA494922
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Summary:This report discusses two potential roles the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may have in helping to resolve the current global financial crisis: (1) immediate crisis control through balance of payments lending to emerging market and less-developed countries and (2) increased surveillance of the global economy through better coordination with the international financial regulatory agencies. This report will be updated as events warrant. CRS Report for Congress.

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