International Monetary Fund

international financial institution

20 dated entries naming International Monetary Fund, drawn from 14 separate years between 1944 CE and 2023 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as IMF, International Monetary and Financial Committee, International Money Fund in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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20th century

  • 1944July 22 – The Bretton Woods Conference ends with agreements signed to set up the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and International Monetary Fund.source
  • 1945International Monetary Fund and Bank Actsource
  • 1947March 1 – The International Monetary Fund begins to operate.source
  • 1952August 13 – Japan joins the International Monetary Fund (IMF).source
  • 1958June 24: Lucas Lopes is appointed as the new Minister of Finance, who would implement the Monetary Stabilization Plan. This plan would aim to stabilize inflation, meet IMF requirements for the acquisition of a loan of 300 million, and to maintain the works of construction in Brasília.source
  • 195917 June: President Juscelino Kubitschek decides to break away with the IMF, due to pressure on meeting loan requirements.source
  • 1996March 26 – The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan to Russia for economic reform.source
  • 200030 March: The government announces salary cuts of 12 to 15% for state employees, following pressures of the IMF.source

21st century

  • 2010April 27 – Standard & Poor's downgrades Greece's sovereign credit rating to junk 4 days after the activation of a €45-billion EU–IMF bailout, triggering the decline of stock markets worldwide and of the euro's value, and furthering a European sovereign debt crisis.source
  • 2010May 2 – The eurozone and the International Monetary Fund agree to a €110 billion bailout package for Greece. The package involves sharp Greek austerity measures.source
  • 2010June 29 – Liberia receives $4.6 billion of debt relief from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.source
  • 2010October 23 – In preparation for the Seoul summit, finance ministers of the G-20 agree to reform the International Monetary Fund and shift 6% of the voting shares to developing nations and countries with emerging markets.source
  • 2010November 29 – The European Union agree to an €85 billion rescue deal for Ireland from the European Financial Stability Facility, the International Monetary Fund and bilateral loans from the United Kingdom, Denmark and Sweden.source
  • 2011May 16 – The European Union agrees to a €78 billion rescue deal for Portugal. The bailout loan will be equally split between the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, the European Financial Stability Facility, and the International Monetary Fund.source
  • 2013March 25 – 2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis: The European Union agrees to a €10 billion economic bailout for Cyprus. The bailout loan will be equally split between the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, the European Financial Stability Facility, and the International Monetary Fund. The deal precipitates a banking crisis in the island nation.source
  • 201328 March – Security tightens in Cyprus as banks prepare to reopen after nearly two weeks, following a controversial international bailout that was negotiated with the EU and IMF.source
  • 2015July 1 – Greek government-debt crisis: Greece becomes the first advanced economy to miss a payment to the International Monetary Fund in the 71-year history of the IMF.source
  • 2020April 14 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it expects the world economy to shrink 3%, the worst contraction since the Great Depression of the 1930s.source
  • 202317 July – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a 38-month arrangement of about US$ 261.7 million under the Extended Credit Facility.source
  • 202312 October – International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva confirms that Zambia, the first African nation to default following the COVID-19 pandemic, has agreed to a debt agreement with foreign creditors, concerning US$6.3 billion of its debt.source

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