The campus community will have a chance this week to learn about the inner workings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from a leading member of the international organization. Olivier Blanchard, ...

The IMF helps its members by providing technical assistance, training, and knowledge-sharing to improve their economic policies and make their institutions more effective. Strengthening the capacity ...

Think of it as a credit union for countries that funds itself through the interest it charges borrowers minus the interest it pays creditors The IMF may be best known for providing loans to crisis-hit ...

The IMF’s “message” is that the widening of the U.S. deficit and the Chinese surplus over the course of 2024 was unwelcome—it took both countries away from their estimated current account balances (in ...