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

Taken together, the debt of advanced economies is growing as a percentage of their collective GDP, according to the International Monetary Fund.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Better energy efficiency “cushions the shock” from supply disruptions, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in April.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

The Kospi Composite jumped 31% in April, according to FactSet, the best month since Jan. 1998 when it received an International Monetary Fund bailout.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

According to the International Monetary Fund, they have public debt to gross domestic product ratios in excess of 100%.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 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