## The IMF Financial Surveillance Strategy

_Policy Papers, August 28, 2012_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: August 28, 2012
- Series: Policy Papers
- Stock No: ISBN

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### Summary
- This paper outlines strategic priorities for the IMF’s financial surveillance in the coming years.
- It complements recent discussions on the work agenda in this area.
- It takes stock of innovations and gaps in financial surveillance by the Fund during the past decade, including in the wake of the current global financial crisis.
- It proposes concrete and prioritized steps to further strengthen financial surveillance so that the Fund can fulfill its mandate to ensure the effective operation of the international monetary system and support global economic and financial stability.
- Publication date: August 28, 2012

### Strategic findings and focus areas
- The paper reviews developments in the Fund’s financial surveillance over the past decade.
- Emphasis on gaps revealed by the current global financial crisis.
- Focus areas listed in the source subject taxonomy:
  - Financial sector surveillance
  - Financial stability
  - Fund role
  - Macroprudential policy
  - Surveillance

### Concrete and prioritized steps (policy recommendations)
- Proposes concrete and prioritized steps to further strengthen financial surveillance so that the Fund can:
  - Ensure the effective operation of the international monetary system
  - Support global economic and financial stability

### Related publication and access notes
- Format indicated: Policy Papers
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- Citation example present in source: The IMF Financial Surveillance Strategy, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 0) accessed 9/18/2026

*Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2016/12/31/the-imf-financial-surveillance-strategy-pp4697*

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