This paper reviews key findings of the IMF’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1972. The report highlights that the main features of world economic developments in 1971 were a continuation of slow output growth coupled with inflation and the succession of currency crises,...

This paper reviews key findings of the IMF’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1959. The report highlights that the year that ended on April 30, 1959, stands out not only because of the marked changes that occurred in general business activity and in the international flow of...

This paper provides an analysis of the Tribunal's jurisprudence for the period is provided in an introductory chapter 'Developments in the Jurisprudence of the International Monetary Fund Administrative Tribunal: 2006.' In deciding on an application, the Tribunal shall apply the internal law of...

This book contains the proceedings of a conference held in honor of Robert P. Flood Jr. Contributors to the conference were invited to address many of the topics that Robert Flood has explored including regime switching, speculative attacks, bubbles, stock market voloatility, macro models with...

This 2001 Annual Report reviews economic developments in the world during FY2000. Output growth in emerging Asia picked up in 2000 as this region continued its recovery from the 1997–98 crisis. The pace of economic expansion, however, slowed from mid-2000, largely as a result of the U.S....

The current crisis calls for two main sets of policy measures. First, measures to repair the financial system. Second, measures to increase demand and restore confidence. While some of these measures overlap, the focus of this note is on the second set of policies, and more specifically, given...

Published since 1950, this authoritative annual reference is based upon a unique IMF database that tracks exchange and trade arrangements for the 187 IMF member countries, along with Hong Kong SAR, Aruba, and Curaçao and St Maarten. The Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange...

The Annual Report to the Board of Governors reviews the IMF’s activities and policies during any given year. There are five chapters: (1) Overview, (2) Developments in the Global Economy and Financial Markets, (3) Policies to Secure Sustained and Balanced Global Growth, (4) Reforming and...

This paper reviews key findings of the IMF’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1976. The report highlights that in mid-1976, the world economy was completing the first year of recovery from its most severe recession in four decades. Production in the industrial countries was...

The exchange and trade systems of IMF member countries are presented in this comprehensive volume in a tabular format. There is expanded coverage of the regulatory framework for capital movements. The information generally relates to the end of 1998 but also covers significant developments in...