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IMF

Definition: IMF

IMF

Noun

1. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definition: IMF

DomainDefinition

Census

(International Monetary Fund) A forum in which members discuss monetary exchange problems and provide advice on how best to manage currency and related international monetary exchange policies. (references)

Space

Interplanetary magnetic field (see below). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: International Monetary Fund

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The IMF (International Monetary Fund) is an international organization. It is responsible for managing the global financial system and for providing loans to its member states to help alleviate balance of payments problems. Part of its mission is to help countries that experience serious economic difficulties. In return, the countries who are helped are obliged to launch certain reforms, such as privatizations.

History and Background

Agreement for its creation came at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA, in 1944; the organisation came into existence in 1946, as part of a post-WWII reconstruction plan, and began financial operations on March 1, 1947. Accordingly, it is sometimes referred to as "a Bretton Woods institution", along with the Bank for International Settlements(BIS) and the World Bank. Together, these three institutions define the monetary policy shared by almost all countries with market economies. In order to gain access to IMF loans, BIS privilege, and strategic World Bank development loans, a country must normally agree to terms set forth by all three organizations.

Argentina, which was considered by the IMF to be a model country, experienced a serious economic crisis in 2001. This crisis created a movement of hatred against this institution.

Criticisms

The role of these institutions has been controversial among some since the late Cold War period. Critics claim that IMF policymakers deliberately supported military dictatorships that were friendly to American and European corporations. Critics also claim that the IMF is generally hostile to democracy, human rights, and labor rights. These criticisms generated a controversy that helped spark the anti-globalization movement.

Others say the IMF has little power to democratize sovereign states, nor is that its stated objective. However, they say its advice is intended to promote financial stability, which in turn may indirectly further democracy. Economic chaos is seldom a good starting point for a stable democracy.

Most altermondialists, like ATTAC, believe that IMF interventions aggravate the poverty and the debts of Third World and developing countries.

Adherents of supply-side economics generally find themselves in open disagreement with the IMF because typically the IMF advocates a Keynesian approach to economics. That is, the IMF typically advocates "high taxes" (refered to by the IMF as austerity) and "inflation" (refereded to by the IMF as devaluation). Both ideas that are out of favour with supply siders because they are seen as destructive to economic prosperity.

Opposition to the IMF is very fragmented. For instance advocates of Supply-side economics would in general regard the policies advocated by ATTAC to be little different in form to the ideas peddled by the IMF. In other words they would see ATTAC tax and spend policies and the IMFs austerity policies as being little different.

Leaders of the IMF

The IMF is headed by a Managing Director:

Quotes

See also

External link

References

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: IMF

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

IMF

DanishDen internationale ValutafondFinance

IMF

DutchInternationaal Monetair FondsFinance

IMF

EnglishInternational Managers' ForumN/A

IMF

FinnishKansainvälinen valuuttarahastoPublic Administration

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: IMF

Synonym: International Monetary Fund. (additional references)

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Crosswords: IMF

Specialty definitions using "IMF": Arab Monetary FundEx ante financing gapgeneeskundige ethiek, General Arrangement to Borrow, gross international reserves in months of importsIMF polarity, IMF quota, institutional ratio, Interplanetary magnetic fieldPolar rainquota in the IMF. (references)

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Commercial Usage: IMF

DomainTitle

Books

  • An Independent and Accountable IMF (Geneva Reports on the World Economy, 1) (reference)

  • Delivering on Debt Relief: From IMF Gold to a New Aid Architecture (reference)

  • External Evaluation of Imf Economic Research Activities (reference)

  • Imf Glossary: English-French-Russian (reference)

  • Trade Reform and Regional Integration in Africa: Papers Presented at the Imf African Economic Research Consortium Seminar on Trade Reform and regiona (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: IMF
 

"Imf" by Michelle Kwajafa
Commentary: "I think this is the side of the IMF building in Washington DC. but i can't remember :p."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: IMF

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The President’s embrace of the IMF program has greatly sped up the drive toward a more open market. (references)

With a minimal IMF recommended density of 25 access lines per 100 people, this figure comprises 6.7 access lines per 100 people in Uzbekistan. (references)

However, starting in late 1999, due to a series of tough economic reforms and a three-year stand-by agreement with the IMF, interest rates dropped significantly. (references)

Economic History

Poland

In 1995, Poland paid back all IMF drawings. (references)

Sri Lanka

The 14-month IMF program envisages $253 million. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

IMF officials also have emphasized the need for economic data. (references)

Political Economy

INDIA

For example, the IMF estimates GDP growth as low as 4.5 percent. (references)

ROMANIA

The IMF Board approved a new 380 million Stand-By Agreement on October 31. (references)

KUWAIT

IMF statistics suggest the 2000/2001 fiscal surplus reached 37 percent of GDP. (references)

Trade

Moldova

The laws, prepared with IMF assistance, correspond to international standards. (references)

Indonesia

The GOI has accumulated foreign exchange reserves above the targets set in its IMF program. (references)

Vietnam

Though the restrictions imposed by the IMF have expired, the Vietnamese are continuing to follow them. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: IMF

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981Recent agreement to increase quotas by fifty percent will ensure the IMF has sufficient resources to perform its central role in promoting adjustment and financing payments imbalances.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: IMF

"IMF" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 69.47% of the time. "IMF" is used about 605 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)69.47%42113,527
Noun (proper)16.5%10032,668
Noun (common)7.1%4352,181
Lexical Verb (base form)5.94%3657,479
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.99%6143,867
                    Total100.00%605N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: IMF

Expressions using "IMF": IMF quota quota in the IMF. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "IMF": imf-approved, imf-backed, imf-dictated, imf-endorsed, imf-imposed, imf-inspired, imf-monitored, imf-sponsored, imf-supported, imf-world.

Ending with "IMF": post-imf.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: IMF

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

imf

463

imf korea

2

imf world bank

15

effector imf

2

argentina imf

9

brazil imf

2

float imf

7

economic imf outlook world

2

history imf

6

ethiopia imf

2

international monetary fund imf

4

imf innovative

2

imf indonesia

4

america imf latin

2

imf protest

4

imf policy

2

imf speaker

3

haiti imf

2

efector imf

3

imf joined portugal

2

gao imf

3

house.gov imf jec

2

imf wto

3

imf india

2

imf mexico

3

imf statistics

2

imf politikalari tarim türkiye ve

3

board governor imf

2

floatation imf positive remote suited system well

3

ekonomi imf institusi pasca

2

imf turkey

3

imf papers working

2

imf jamaica

3

africa imf

2

imf scan

3

imf in interest

2

china imf

3

arel imf

2

europe floating home imf in irst

2

chile imf

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: IMF

Language Translations for "IMF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

國際貨幣基金組織 (International Monetary Fund). (various references)

   

Danish

  

IMF-kvote (IMF quota, quota, quota in the IMF), Verdensbankens og IMFs repraesentantskabers faelles ministerkomité for overfoersel af reale ressourcer til udviklingslandene (Development Committee, Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), Udviklingskomiteen (Development Committee, Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), regeringers kapitalindskud i internationale organisationer,dog med undtagelse af IMF,også selv om disse organisationer juridisk set er aktieselskaber (government investments in the capital of international organisations, with the sole exception of the IMF even if these are legally constituted as companies with share capital), kvote i IMF (IMF quota, quota, quota in the IMF), forskrivninger på national valuta udstedt til IMF som betaling for den del af tegningskvoten-eller forøgelsen af kvoten-der skal betales i national valuta (treasury bills in national currency remitted to the IMF in settlement of that part of the subscription quota-or of the increase in the quota-to be made in national currency), den til IMF anmeldte og af denne anerkendte paritet (parity communicated to and recognized by the IMF), aktiver over for IMF (assets lodged with the IMF). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

schatkistpapier in nationale valuta overgemaakt aan het IMF ter regeling van het deel van de inschrijvingsquote of van de vermeerdering van de quote en dat kan worden teruggekocht in nationale valuta (treasury bills in national currency remitted to the IMF in settlement of that part of the subscription quota-or of the increase in the quota-to be made in national currency), quotum bij het IMF (IMF quota, quota, quota in the IMF), Ontwikkelingscomité (Development Committee, Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), Gezamenlijk Ministerieel Comité van Gouverneurs van de Wereldbank en het IMF voor de overdracht van reele middelen aan de ontwikkelingslanden (Development Committee, Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), de subrubriek netto IMF-positie dient ter afzondering van de vorderingen en verplichtingen van de monetaire autoriteiten die het gevolg zijn van transacties met het IMF in het kader van trekkingen.Deze transacties hebben betrekking op vorderingen die op d (drawings, etc.);the assets involved in such transactions should be treated similarly to transferable sight deposits in foreign currency, repurchases, the sub-heading net position in the IMF is intended to identify those financial assets and liabilities of the monetary authorities which result from transactions with the IMF(subscriptions), bij het IMF opgegeven en door deze instelling erkende pariteit (parity communicated to and recognized by the IMF), bij het IMF aangehouden activa (assets lodged with the IMF). (various references)

   

French

  

quote-part au FMI (IMF quota, quota in the IMF), participations des gouvernements au capital des organismes internationaux à la seule exception du FMI,même si ces derniers ont la forme juridique d'une société par actions (with the sole exception of the IMF even if these are legally constituted as companies with share capital), la sous-rubrique position nette à l'égard du FMI est destiné à isoler parmi les créances et les engagements des autorités monétaires,ceux qui résultent d'opérations intervenues avec le FMI dans le cadre de tirages,opérations portant sur des cré (the sub-heading net position in the IMF is intended to identify those financial assets and liabilities of the monetary authorities which result from transactions with the IMF(subscriptions), Comité ministériel conjoint des gouverneurs de la Banque mondiale et du FMI sur le transport de ressources réelles aux pays en développement (Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), Comité de développement (Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), bons du Trésor en monnaie nationale remis au FMI en règlement de la fraction du quota de souscription-ou de l'augmentation du quota-à libérer en monnaie nationale (treasury bills in national currency remitted to the IMF in settlement of that part of the subscription quota-or of the increase in the quota-to be made in national currency), actifs détenus auprès du FMI (assets lodged with the IMF). (various references)

   

German

  

iwf (International Monetary Fund). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Mικτή Yπουργική Eπιτροπή των Διοικητών της Διεθνούς Tράπεζας και του ΔNT γι πραγματικών πόρων στις αναπτυσσόμενες χώρες (Development Committee, Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), κρατικές συμμετοχές στο κεφάλαιο διεθνών οργανισμών,με μοναδική εξαίρεση το ΔΝΤ,ακόμα και όταν οι οργανισμοί αυτοί έχουν συσταθεί με τη μο (government investments in the capital of international organisations, with the sole exception of the IMF even if these are legally constituted as companies with share capital), έντοκα γραμμάτια του δημοσίου σε εθνικό νόμισμα,που εμβάζονται στο ΔΝΤ για το σχηματισμό του μέρους του ποσοστού συμμετοχής-ή της αύξησης (treasury bills in national currency remitted to the IMF in settlement of that part of the subscription quota-or of the increase in the quota-to be made in national currency), στοιχεία ενεργητικού κατατεθειμένα στο ΔNT (assets lodged with the IMF), ισοτιμία που έχει δηλωθεί στο ΔNT και έχει αναγνωρισθεί από αυτό (parity communicated to and recognized by the IMF), μερίδιο στο ΔNT (IMF quota, quota, quota in the IMF), ποσοστό συμμετοχής στο ΔNT (IMF quota, quota, quota in the IMF), η υποκατηγορία καθαρή θέση στο ΔNT σκοπό έχει να καθορίσει εκείνες τις απαιτήσεις και τις υποχρεώσεις των νομισματικών αρχών που προκύπτου (drawings, etc.);the assets involved in such transactions should be treated similarly to transferable sight deposits in foreign currency, repurchases, the sub-heading net position in the IMF is intended to identify those financial assets and liabilities of the monetary authorities which result from transactions with the IMF(subscriptions), Eπιτροπή Aνάπτυξης (Development Committee, Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries). (various references)

   

Italian

  

quota al FMI (IMF quota, quota, quota in the IMF), partecipazione dei pubblici poteri al capitale degli organismi internazionali con la sola eccezione per il FMI,anche se questi ultimi hanno la forma giuridica di società per azioni (government investments in the capital of international organisations, with the sole exception of the IMF even if these are legally constituted as companies with share capital), parità dichiarata presso il FMI e riconosciuta da quest'ultimo (parity communicated to and recognized by the IMF), La sottocategoria posizione netta nei riguardi del FMI è destinata a isolare,tra le attività e le passività delle autorità monetarie,quelle che risultano da operazioni effettuate con il FMI nel quadro dei prelievi.Tali operazioni concernono attivita d (drawings, etc.);the assets involved in such transactions should be treated similarly to transferable sight deposits in foreign currency, repurchases, the sub-heading net position in the IMF is intended to identify those financial assets and liabilities of the monetary authorities which result from transactions with the IMF(subscriptions), Comitato ministeriale misto dei governatori della Banca mondiale e del FMI sul trasferimento di risorse effettive ai paesi in via di sviluppo (Development Committee, Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), Comitato di sviluppo (Development Committee, Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), buoni del tesoro in moneta nazionale rimessi al FMI come regolamento della frazione della quota sottoscritta-o per aumento della quota-da versare in moneta nazionale (treasury bills in national currency remitted to the IMF in settlement of that part of the subscription quota-or of the increase in the quota-to be made in national currency), attività detenute presso il FMI (assets lodged with the IMF). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

アーリア人 (art deco, art nouveau, Aryan, climbing irons, crampons, eye, eye shadow, eyeshade, frozen treat similar to a Popsicle, IACA, ice, ice candy, ice cream, ice cream soda, ice cube, ice dancing, ice hockey, ice pail, ice pick, ice rink, ice show, ice skating place, ice smack, ice tongs, icebox, icecream sundae, iced coffee, iced tea, icefall, Iceland, ice-skating, icetea, icing, icing the puck, icon, iconify, ILO, intelligence quotient, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Labor Organization, International Monetary Fund, ion, IQ, iron, iron club, measure of area, metal pins of climbing shoes, popsicle, Rh, Rhesus factor, skating rink, to take the radius). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

アイエムエフ (International Monetary Fund). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

imfay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

quota-parte no FMI (IMF quota, quota, quota in the IMF), participações dos Estados no capital de organismos internacionais,com a única excepção do FMI mesmo que estes últimos tenham a forma jurídica de uma sociedade por acções (government investments in the capital of international organisations, with the sole exception of the IMF even if these are legally constituted as companies with share capital), paridade comunicada ao FMI e por este reconhecida (parity communicated to and recognized by the IMF), Comité Ministerial Conjunto dos Governadores do Banco Mundial e do FMI sobre a transferência de recursos reais para os países em vias de desenvolvimento (Development Committee, Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), Comité de Desenvolvimento (Development Committee, Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), bilhetes do Tesouro em moeda nacional entregues ao FMI como liquidação de parte da quota de subscrição-ou do aumento da quota-a efectuar em moeda nacional (treasury bills in national currency remitted to the IMF in settlement of that part of the subscription quota-or of the increase in the quota-to be made in national currency), activos detidos junto do FMI (assets lodged with the IMF). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

международный валютный фонд. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

participaciones de los gobiernos en el capital de organizaciones internacionales con la única excepción del FMI aunque estas últimas tengan la forma jurídica de sociedad por acciones (government investments in the capital of international organisations, with the sole exception of the IMF even if these are legally constituted as companies with share capital), paridad declarada ante el FMI y aceptada por éste (parity communicated to and recognized by the IMF), la subrúbrica posición neta en el FMI se destina a identificar aquellos activos y pasivos financieros de las autoridades monetarias, que resultan de operaciones realizadas con el FMI en el marco de los giros. Los activos financieros implicados en estas (drawings, etc.);the assets involved in such transactions should be treated similarly to transferable sight deposits in foreign currency, repurchases, the sub-heading net position in the IMF is intended to identify those financial assets and liabilities of the monetary authorities which result from transactions with the IMF(subscriptions), cuota del FMI (IMF quota, quota, quota in the IMF), Comité ministerial conjunto de los Consejos de los Gobernadores del Banco y del Fondo sobre la transferencia de recursos reales a los países en vías de desarrollo (Development Committee, Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), Comité de Desarrollo (Development Committee, Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), bonos del Tesoro en moneda nacional abonados al FMI en concepto de liquidación de la fracción de la cuota de suscripción-o del aumento de la cuota-pagadera en moneda nacional (treasury bills in national currency remitted to the IMF in settlement of that part of the subscription quota-or of the increase in the quota-to be made in national currency), activos depositados en el FMI (assets lodged with the IMF). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: IMF

Derivations

Words containing "IMF": aimful, aimfully, brimful, brimfull, flimflam, flimflammed, flimflammer, flimflammeries, flimflammers, flimflammery, flimflamming, flimflams, rimfire, rimfires. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: IMF

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-i-m"

-1 letter: if, mi.

 Words containing the letters "f-i-m"
 

+1 letter: film, firm, miff.

 

+2 letters: fermi, films, filmy, filum, firms, mafia, mafic, miffs, miffy, motif, mufti.

 

+3 letters: affirm, aimful, biform, comfit, family, famine, faming, famish, famuli, favism, fermis, filmed, filmer, filmic, fimble, firman, firmed, firmer, firmly, flimsy, folium, fomite, formic, fumier, fuming, fumuli, infamy, infirm, inform, maffia, mafias, maftir, massif, miffed, minify, misfit, modify, motifs, muffin, muftis, ramify, refilm.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Digital Art
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Quotations: Speeches
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Abbreviations
13. Acronyms
14. Derivations
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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