Friday, May 1, 2009
International Monetary Fund Slowly Taking Over as Global Economic Regulator and Banker
AP writes:
The Group of 20 countries have made the [IMF] the linchpin in their efforts to combat the worst economic downturn since the Great DepressionThe Washington Post notes:
(Actually, the IMF began the review last year - under the condition that the results not be released until Bush was out of office).Global financial chiefs agreed yesterday to reshape the International Monetary Fund, moving to broaden its mission ...
The IMF, which in recent years had become largely an advisory body to nations in crisis, will now be charged with aggressive monitoring of the global economy. Underscoring that role, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said yesterday that Washington had consented to a rigorous IMF review of the U.S. financial system for the first time since the fund was created at the end of World War II.
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