International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Reports Krueger unhappy with Argentina plan untrue
US - The International Monetary Fund said on Monday a report in a Brazilian newspaper saying a top IMF official is unhappy with economic plans Argentina sent to the fund on Friday is "absolutely" untrue reports Reuters.
BOK unlikely to make up for gov't losses
SOUTH KOREA - The Bank of Korea (BOK) expressed reservation yesterday about taking actions to make up for losses incurred by irretrievable public funds that were used to stabilize the economy in the wake of the 1997 IMF financial crisis.
Speech by Shigemitsu Sugisaki of the IMF, 24 July
SPEECH - In a speech titled 'The U.S. and Japan in the Global Economic System' Sugisaki said "Japan's decade-long economic slump owes much to the delays in implementing structural reform, particularly bank and corporate debt restructuring". He added …
The IMF’s assessment of central bank internal controls
The IMF has found many central banks of borrowing countries to be lacking certain key elements needed for effective internal control. A report by Ahmad Sartip.
Central banks on the web: why are we there?
Central banks must go beyond the minimum of data provision if they are to build an image and address the growing demands of their diverse audience, argues Brent Eades of the Bank of Canada.
Interview: Mario Blejer
In January 2002 former IMF economist Mario Blejer became governor of the Banco Central de la Repœblica Argentina with the job of preventing Argentina from descending into financial anarchy. Two weeks after his resignation in late June he spoke to Central…
IMF News Brief
NEWS BRIEF - IMF Completes First Review and Approves New Increase on Uruguay Stand-By, 8 August.
IMF Public Information Notice
NOTICE - IMF Advances Efforts to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Finance, 8 August.
IMF News Brief
NEWS BRIEF - IMF Managing Director Kohler Confirms Agreement with Brazil, 7 August.
Brazil set for "largest ever" IMF loan of $30bn
BRAZIL - The International Monetary Fund has agreed to lend Brazil an extra $30bn (£20bn), hoping that this will help pull the country and the region out of crisis. The deal represents the largest loan the IMF has ever provided in its history.
Norges Bank's press conference, 7 August
PRESS CONFERENCE - Monetary policy meeting of Norges Bank's Executive Board, 7 August.
IMF Survey, 5 August
REPORT - IMF Survey, Topical coverage of the IMF's activities, policies, and research, 5 August. Includes Jack Boorman on the Argentina crisis and lessons to be learned from it.
IMF News Brief
NEWS BRIEF - IMF Managing Director Kohler Prepared to Recommend US$500 Million Increase in Stand-By Credit to Uruguay, 4 August.
IMF News Brief
NEWS BRIEF - Statement by IMF Managing Director Horst Kohler on the Death of Rudiger Dornbusch, 29 July.
Speech by Anne Krueger, Dep MD of the IMF, 17 July
SPEECH - In a speech titled 'Crisis Prevention and Resolution: Lessons from Argentina' Krueger said "We have seen some welcome progress in key policy areas, including satisfactory amendments to the insolvency law and the repeal of the economic subversion…
IMF-experts: Argentina crisis bottoming out
ARGENTINA - The four monetary experts chosen by the IMF believe Argentina may have touched bottom after four years of recession and see potential for an export-led recovery, an official briefed on the talks said on Thursday.
IMF News Brief
NEWS BRIEF - IMF Managing Director Horst Kohler Congratulates Yusuke Horiguchi on Appointment as First Deputy Managing Director of the Institute of International Finance, 23 July.
Sources challenge role of IMF led Argentina panel
ARGENTINA - Insiders close to the talks currently being held suggest the real purpose of the panel of wise men picked by the IMF to help Argentina is not to give economic advice but rather to decide how to allocate the huge losses incurred by Argentina's…
IMF Survey, July 2002
REPORT - In the latest issue of its survey the International Monetary Fund announce the advisory panel appointed for Argentina, discuss the outlook for the euro-area economy and report on a Working Paper, Making the transition to inflation targeting.
IMF Extends Argentina's SRF Repayment by One Year
PRESS RELEASE - IMF Extends Argentina's SRF Repayment by One Year, 15 July.
IMF Statement - Economic Policies of the Euro Area
STATEMENT - Concluding Statement of the IMF Mission on the Economic Policies of the Euro Area, (in the Context of the 2002 Article IV Consultation Discussions with the Euro-Area Countries), 12 July.
Speech by Carol Carson of the IMF, 11 July
SPEECH - Carson gave a speech titled 'International Capital Data: Needs, Projects, and Prospects' and said that in the past two and half years, she believes that significant progress has been achieved in developing internationally agreed statistical…
Speech by Thomas Dawson of the IMF, 10 Jul
SPEECH - In the speech 'The IMF's Role in Asia: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?' Dawson said the regional crisis which threw formerly buoyant Asian economies into a tailspin five years ago was itself a critical acid test for the…
IMF Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - IMF Managing Director Horst Kohler Announces Advisory Group on Argentina, 10 July.