International Monetary Fund

American  

noun

1. an international organization that promotes the stabilization of the world's currencies and maintains a monetary pool from which member nations can draw in order to correct a deficit in their balance of payments: a specialized agency of the United Nations. IMF, I.M.F.

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International Monetary Fund British  

noun

1.  IMF.  an international financial institution organized in 1945 to promote international trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies. A fund is maintained out of which member nations with temporary balance-of-payments deficits may make withdrawals

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International Monetary Fund Cultural  

1. An agency, dominated by wealthy nations, that lends money to developing nations.

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International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund announced an agreement with Senegal on Tuesday for a new $2.2-billion loan programme, after a prior deal was suspended following the discovery of previously unreported debt.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

“We have literally a tug of war between the negative supply shock from the Middle East and the positive demand shock from AI,” Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

“Formally, the U.S. notified the 118-country International Monetary Fund that it ‘no longer freely buys and sells gold for the settlement of international transactions,’ ” the Journal wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

The US and Canada are the only two countries considered "developed" nations by the International Monetary Fund that grant mostly unrestricted birthright citizenship.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Six months from that moment, the International Monetary Fund would put losses on U.S.-originated subprime-related assets at a trillion dollars.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis