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IMF
International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF was set up as a result of the United Nations Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944 to help stabilize world currencies, lower trade barriers, and help developing nations pay off debt. The IMF's activities are funded by developed nations and are sometimes the subject of intense criticism, either by the nations the IMF is designed to help, the nations footing the bill, or both. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In the filing, IMF Publications also charged Credit Suisse with breach of an earlier contract not to redistribute copies of its newsletter and for fraud related to past assurances that the company had ceased all copying. It provides the first elements of a legislative framework that would turn the IMF into a facilitator for market solutions and, in this way, into a tool for the accelerated globalization of the world economy. Brazil has refused to tap IMF loans since September 2003 as part of a strategy to withdraw from IMF support. |
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