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International Monetary Fund: Quick Facts

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Also Known As IMF
Date July 1944 - present
Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Areas Of Involvement economics • currency • exchange rate
Related People Alassane Ouattara • Christine Lagarde • Simon Johnson • Kristalina Georgieva • Horst Köhler • Dominique Strauss-Kahn • Festus Mogae • Henry Paulson • Salam Fayyad • Dorothy Constance Stratton

Did You Know?

  • The IMF has about 290 billion USD in total quotas available.
  • Countries contributions are proportional to their size and relative economies, so Seychelles funds 0.004% of IMF total quotas, whereas the United States' contribution constitutes about 17%.
  • The IMF (along with the World Bank) is the largest public monetary lender worldwide.

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Headquarters of the International Monetary Fund
A flowchart explains the IMF lending process in five steps, from a country's initial request for financial support to ongoing monitoring, with a section below detailing typical conditions attached to IMF aid such as prior actions, quantitative criteria, indicative targets, and structural benchmarks.
International Monetary Fund headquarters
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