The IMF at a Glance
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 189 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.
Created in 1945, the IMF is governed by and accountable to the 189 countries that make up its near-global membership.
The IMF's primary purpose is to ensure the stability of the international monetary system—the system of exchange rates and international payments that enables countries (and their citizens) to transact with each other. The Fund's mandate was updated in 2012 to include all macroeconomic and financial sector issues that bear on global stability.

RESEARCH

CONFERENCE

Current Policy Challenges Facing Emerging Markets

A conference in Santiago, Chile discussed challenges facing emerging markets including rising trade barriers, weak commodity prices, the ongoing monetary policy normalization in advanced economies, and the increased volatility of world capital markets.

EXTERNAL SECTOR REPORT

The Dynamics of External Adjustment

After narrowing sharply in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, overall current account surpluses and deficits reached 3 percent of world GDP in 2018, declining marginally while rotating toward advanced economies in recent years.

GLOBAL OUTLOOK

Still Sluggish Global Growth

The July update of the IMF’s World Economic Outlook revises downward the projection for global growth to 3.2 percent in 2019 and 3.5 percent in 2020. While this is a modest revision of 0.1 percentage points for both years relative to the April projections, it comes on top of previous significant downward revisions.

IMF DATA
What's New
The IMF has released end-June 2018 results of the Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS). This data set facilitates bilateral and multilateral analysis of cross-border stocks of securities through an array of cross-economies data tables.
CPIS DATA PORTAL
Popular Data

• World Economic Outlook Latest Update
• Global Financial Stability Report Latest Update
• Fiscal Monitor Latest Update
• IMF Data Mapper®
• IMF Finances
• SDRs per Currency Unit

7th Statistical Forum

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Deadline: October 25, 2019
Additional Data Sources

• European Central Bank
• Eurostat
• FAQs on the Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves - COFER
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD
• United Nations
• The World Bank
• Bank for International Settlements

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On this site, the term "country" does not in all cases refer to a territorial entity that is a state as understood by international law and practice. As used here, the term also covers some territorial entities that are not states. Dependent territories of member countries are listed alphabetically followed by a description of the constitutional relationships with their member countries.
Data
The IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, in member countries, and of the statistical community at large are also available.

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