18 IMF Quotes for You to Enjoy

The Muslim leaders swallow the advice of the Western powers and bodies like the IMF and World Bank, even when it is bad for their countries and they know this. Abu Bakar Bashir

World Advice IMF Muslim Bad Leaders Countries Like Know Powers Western Bank Swallow Bodies Even World Bank

Some of the policy measures that are important are politically difficult if taken independent of actions by others in support of common goals. Joint actions are therefore needed, and establishing a G-11 with an effective role for the IMF provides the viable way forward. Charles Dallara

Goals Important Difficult IMF Others Way Independent Some Joint Taken Support Policy Provides Effective Role Viable Politically Common Establishing Measures Forward Therefore Actions Needed

The risk of policy contagion could be magnified if a new funding arrangement were agreed between Argentina and the IMF before a comprehensive policy framework is developed that addresses fundamental investor concerns. Charles Dallara

When the dollar was separated entirely from gold in 1971, it ceased being the official IMF world currency and finally had to compete with other currencies... From that point forward, its value increasingly became discounted. G. Edward Griffin

World Value Other IMF Increasingly Finally Entirely Point Had Became Dollar Official Currency Gold Being Separated Forward Compete

Rather than waiting for a crisis to erupt before intervening, the IMF should provide 'forward guidance' on how it will tackle potential disruptions in international financial markets. Gita Gopinath

I think the IMF helped to detonate the Indonesian crisis. Jeffrey Sachs

Think IMF Crisis Helped

I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution. Jose Manuel Barroso

Confidence Strong IMF Institution Very Full International

The good thing about the IMF is there is no European politics involved. Mark Rutte

Politics Good IMF About Good Thing Involved European Thing

China is beginning to act more like a world citizen. We need China to be more active on the world stage. For example, we should want China to be a bigger participant and a bigger shareholder in the IMF. We should want it to be an even more active participant in the G8 and G20. Roger Altman

World Citizen Example Beginning Stage Active IMF More Participant Like For Example Want Bigger China Should Act Even World Stage Need

It seems evident that the IMF has learned nothing from its inequality-inducing policies during the 1980s debt crises in Latin America nor from its recession-deepening response to the East Asian crisis of the late 1990s. In both regions, the IMF has become synonymous with making bad situations worse. Sharan Burrow

Become Nothing IMF Late Synonymous Worse Latin Latin America Evident Crises Crisis East Response East Asian Bad Seems Both Policies Learned Making Nor Debt America Situations Regions Asian

Why is it so hard for the IMF and the U.S. government to understand that putting out the fire comes before fireproofing the building? Steve Hanke

Government Fire Building Before IMF Out Putting Understand Hard Why

The IMF and other multilateral institutions do not appear to have prevented nations from manipulating the value of their own currencies. Steve Mnuchin

Value Own Other IMF Institutions Nations Manipulating Multilateral Appear

It is not in our interest to sign economic policy agreements with the IMF, as that unnecessarily limits the room to manoeuvre of... the Hungarian government, Hungarian parliament and lawmakers. Viktor Orban

Government IMF Our Hungarian Sign Unnecessarily Lawmakers Economic Parliament Economic Policy Policy Limits Interest Room Agreements

Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute. Yoshihiko Noda

World Will Made Country IMF Meeting Markets Continue Contribute Contributions Stability Want Confirm Japan International Largest Creditor

The IMF played crucial roles in the 1980s debt crisis and in the transformation of former communist economies. Radical change, many might argue, is neither necessary nor desirable. Zanny Minton Beddoes

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