March 4, 2016/IMF On February 22, 2016, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed to move forward with a framework to help ensure the evenhandedness of Fund surveillance. The framework responds to recommendations from the 2014 Triennial Surveillance Review (TSR) and, as outlined in a staff paper […]
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Benefits and Costs of Bank Capital-IMF
March 3, 2016/IMF Staff Discussion Note Executive Summary Few issues have elicited a more contentious debate than the appropriate level of capital requirements. Proponents of stricter regulation point to the risks associated with high bank leverage and the exorbitant costs of the global financial crisis. Opponents of higher capital requirements […]
Christine Lagarde IMF’s MD to Speak at MIT’s Compton Lecture Series March 4
By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Christine Lagarde, the managing director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will today March 4 speak at the MIT’s Compton lecture series. Her lecture is “Demographic Change and Economic Well-being: The Role of Fiscal Policy” and is part of MIT’s Compton Lecture Series, according to the IMF […]
