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An international organisation created by the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944 to promote exchange rate stability. | An international organisation created by the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944 to promote exchange rate stability. | ||
The objectives of the Fund include | The objectives of the Fund include: | ||
* provide a forum for cooperation on international monetary problems | |||
* facilitate the growth of international trade, thus promoting job creation, economic growth, and poverty reduction; | |||
* promote exchange rate stability and an open system of international payments; and | |||
* lend countries foreign exchange temporarily, to help them address balance of payments problems. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Bretton Woods Conference]] | * [[Bretton Woods Conference]] | ||
* [[Exchange rate]] | * [[Exchange rate]] | ||
* [[Exchange Rate Mechanism]] | * [[Exchange Rate Mechanism]] | ||
Revision as of 15:50, 9 April 2014
(IMF).
An international organisation created by the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944 to promote exchange rate stability.
The objectives of the Fund include:
- provide a forum for cooperation on international monetary problems
- facilitate the growth of international trade, thus promoting job creation, economic growth, and poverty reduction;
- promote exchange rate stability and an open system of international payments; and
- lend countries foreign exchange temporarily, to help them address balance of payments problems.
