
Effect of rise in oil prices since January 2007 on 59 low-income net oil importers amounts to 2.2 percent of their GDP (photo: Behnam/PersianEye/Corbis)
Price Surge Driving Some Countries Close to Tipping Point—IMF
The impact of surging oil and food prices is being felt globally but is most acute for import-dependent poor and middle-income countries confronted by balance of payments problems, higher inflation, and worsening poverty, a new IMF study warns. 
What's New
The FY2009-FY2011 Medium-Term Administrative, Restructuring, and Capital Budgets
July 3, 2008
This paper presents for Executive Board approval proposals for the FY 09–11 medium–term administrative budget (MTB), a one-time multi-year appropriation to meet the costs of institutional restructuring (Restructuring Budget), and the FY 09 Capital Budget in the context of the FY 09–11 capital plan.
Review of the Fund's Income Position for FY2008 and FY2009
July 3, 2008
IMF Policy Paper: This paper provides the basis for the annual review of the Fund’s income position, including a review of the system of special charges.
IMF Executive Board Reviews Fund's Income Position and Sets Lending Rate for FY2009
July 3, 2008
Press Release No. 08/160
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2007 Article IV Consultation with Antigua and Barbuda
July 3, 2008
Public Information Notice summarizes staff and Board views
SDR Rates for July 3
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Increase in Food and Fuel Prices—Seminar on Macroeconomic Impact, and Policy Responses
July 1, 2008
Call for Papers — Ninth Jacques Polak Annual IMF Research Conference
Deadline: June 29, 2008
Seventh Annual Regional Conference on Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic
June 26–27, 2008
2008 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group
April 12-13, 2008
Executive Board Calendar
The tentative calendar of the formal meetings and seminars of the Executive Board
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Making Public Money Count
A recent post from our Public Financial Management Blog looks at the recent food price hikes, and the role of subsidies (June 18, 2008)
World Economic Outlook
April 2008
Housing and the Business Cycle
World Economic Outlook Database
Global Financial Stability Report
April 2008
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IMF Survey Online
News and analysis on globalization and country issues from the IMF Survey Magazine, now online.
Regional Economic Outlooks
Finance & Development
June 2008
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