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An international organisation created by the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944 | An international organisation created by the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944. | ||
The | The IMF promotes international financial stability and monetary cooperation. | ||
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* | The responsibilities of the IMF include: | ||
* | *Oversight of the international monetary system. | ||
* | *Monitoring the economic and financial policies of its member countries, encouraging policies that foster economic stability. | ||
*Providing loans to member countries experiencing actual or potential balance of payments problems. | |||
*Designing economic policies to enable member countries to manage their financial affairs more effectively. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Bretton Woods Conference]] | * [[Bretton Woods Conference]] | ||
* [[European Union]] | |||
* [[Exchange rate]] | * [[Exchange rate]] | ||
* [[Exchange Rate Mechanism]] | * [[Exchange Rate Mechanism]] | ||
*[[Fund]] | |||
* [[Monetary]] | |||
* [[World Bank]] | |||
[[Category:The_business_context]] | |||
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:36, 10 July 2022
(IMF).
An international organisation created by the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944.
The IMF promotes international financial stability and monetary cooperation.
The responsibilities of the IMF include:
- Oversight of the international monetary system.
- Monitoring the economic and financial policies of its member countries, encouraging policies that foster economic stability.
- Providing loans to member countries experiencing actual or potential balance of payments problems.
- Designing economic policies to enable member countries to manage their financial affairs more effectively.
