WASHINGTON D.C. -- Until recently, the International Monetary Fund’s main job was lending to countries with balance-of-payment problems. Today, however, emerging countries increasingly prefer to “self-insure” by accumulating reserves (and sharing them through regional pooling arrangements).
WASHINGTON – Encore récemment, le principal travail du Fonds Monétaire International était de prêter à des pays qui rencontraient des problèmes de balance des paiements.