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Economic Surveillance

IMFC Chairman Youssef Boutros-Ghali (r) confers with IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn at panel's meeting in Washington, D.C. (IMF photo)

World financial leaders endorsed an action plan announced by the seven leading advanced economies to combat the international financial crisis in what IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn called the "first big success in coordination" to halt the downward spiral in world markets and support the global financial system.

Opinion

A Global Solution

Friday, October 10, 2008
"...the approaches taken have been so varied and inconsistent, especially with regard to deposit guarantees, that they are intensifying problems for other countries. It should come as no surprise then that market confidence has not been restored..."

IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the Financial Times

Wanted urgently: a comprehensive and global solution

October 8, 2008
"As bleak as the situation now looks, I am convinced that there is a way out of our shared predicament. The trick is to get policymakers around the world to pull in the same direction."

IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the Financial Times

Policy Overview

Statement: Surveillance Priorities for the International Monetary Fund
October 8, 2008

Factsheet: IMF Surveillance

Factsheet: The 2007 Decision on Bilateral Surveillance

Country Analysis

Saudi Arabia: Managing the Oil Bonanza

September 19, 2008
Saudi Arabia is experiencing robust growth, thanks to high oil prices and strong private sector investment. But surging oil revenues also present complex challenges, including how to share the wealth from nonrenewable oil resources with future generations.

Cross-Country Analysis

Lessons From Cross-Regional Analysis

October 2, 2008
A new IMF study explores the patterns of current account balances of emerging economies—especially in Asia and Europe—and asks why they have become much more diverse in recent years and what those differences mean for external vulnerability.

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Spotlight

IMF Predicts Major Global Slowdown Amid Financial Crisis

October 8, 2008
The world economy is decelerating quickly—buffeted by an extraordinary financial shock and by still-high energy and commodity prices—and many advanced economies are close to or moving into recession, the IMF says in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO).

Video: Tough Times Ahead for the World Economy

October 9, 2008

Macro-Financial Linkages

Financial Stress and Deleveraging Macro-Financial Implications and Policy

October 2008
With financial markets worldwide facing growing turmoil, internationally coherent and decisive policy measures will be required to restore confidence in the global financial system.

Exchange Rates

IMF Clarifies How It Will Monitor Economic Policies

August 12, 2008
The International Monetary Fund has published new procedures on how it will monitor member countries' economic policies, clarifying in particular how it will discuss with countries exchange rate issues and their impact on the global economy.