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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Example Sentences

The WTO forecasts that trade in goods will grow by just 0.5% this year, while the International Monetary Fund also expects to see a slowdown.

From The Wall Street Journal

It has clawed a little of that back, but its government now depends on the International Monetary Fund and other foreign lenders to cover day-to-day spending.

From Barron's

In an unusually strongly worded rebuke, the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday urged China to reorient its economy toward consumption and scale back “unwarranted industrial policy” to “mitigate international spillovers.”

From The Wall Street Journal

She first moved to the U.S. from France at 17 and worked as a lawyer in Chicago and later at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal

China’s economy has held up remarkably well against shocks like U.S. tariffs but continued resilience will need consumption to drive growth, rather than external demand, according to a report by the International Monetary Fund.

From The Wall Street Journal