Last Updated: August 14, 2008

Economic Surveillance

New procedures designed to reinforce effectiveness of surveillance at time of increasing strains in global economy (photo: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP)

The International Monetary Fund has published new procedures on how it will monitor member countries' economic policies, clarifying in particular how it will discuss with countries exchange rate issues and their impact on the global economy.

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