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The International Monetary Fund

In: Financial Instability

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  • Vincenzo D’Apice

    (Italian Banking Association)

  • Giovanni Ferri

    (University of Bari)

Abstract

Worldwide, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) plays a role that is somehow similar to the role played by central banks at the national level. According to the Bretton Woods agreements signed in 1944, which set the rules for commercial and financial relations among the main industrialized countries, the IMF was established one year later — initially with 25 member countries, now with 185 members — with the following main objectives: a) facilitate international monetary cooperation and avoid imbalances in international trade; b) help the countries with difficulties in the balance of payments (BOP), by way of granting them assistance funds; c) support the order in international payments by favouring the stability of exchange rates.

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  • Vincenzo D’Apice & Giovanni Ferri, 2010. "The International Monetary Fund," Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions, in: Financial Instability, chapter 5, pages 34-35, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:pmschp:978-0-230-29711-1_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230297111_6
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    1. Milind Sathye, 2013. "Financial Crisis and Interest Rate Pass-Through in Australia," Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies (RPBFMP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 16(04), pages 1-22.

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