wiktionary IMFIMF is an abbreviation for Science and technology Intermolecular Forces , non bonding electrostatic forces between molecules Initial mass function , in stellar astronomy Interplanetary magnetic field , in space Immunofluorescence Immunofluorescence Labeling , a method used in Immunology and Cytology. Organizations Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden , International May Festival International Monetary Fund , the international organization that oversees the global financial system International Metalworkers Federation , a global union federation Internet Memory Foundation , a non profit institution which supports the preservation of the Internet as a new media for heritage and cultural purposes. Media International Music Feed , a music video television network Impossible Missions Force , a fictional secret espionage agency in the Mission Impossible television series and series of movies IMF music , a file format used in video games Internationale Medien und Film, see Intermedia production company Anatomy Intramuscular fat Inframammary fold disambiguation de IMF Begriffskl rung es IMF fr IMF ko IMF it IMF nl IMF ja IMF no IMF fi IMF t smennyssivu sv IMF Category Acronyms TLA Category Initialisms TLA ... more details
About 1 the music file format 2 other uses 3 IMF disambiguation unreferenced date October 2008 IMF is an audio file format created by id Software for the AdLib sound card for use in their video game s. The default filename extension is also imf . The abbreviation stands for id music file or id s music format . The format is similar to Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIDI , in that it defines musical notes, and does not support sampling music sample d digital audio for sound effects. IMF files store the actual bytes sent to the AdLib s Yamaha YM3812 OPL2 chip, which uses frequency modulation synthesis FM synthesis to produce audio output. The format is based on the AdLib command syntax, with a few modifications. Due to the limited features and relatively low sound quality, modern games no longer use IMF music. Once extracted from a game, IMF files can be played with special sound libraries which emulate AdLib cards. One of the most popular ones is AdPlug , which can be used, for instance, through its Winamp plugin. Games A large number of songs in id Software s games were composed by Robert Prince Bobby Prince in IMF format. Besides id Software, some other video game developer game developer s like 3D Realms Apogee Software also used this format to add music to their games. Games using IMF music include Bio Menace , Blake Stone Aliens of Gold , Blake Stone Planet Strike , Catacomb 3 D , Commander Keen series Commander Keen 4 6 , Corridor 7 , Cosmo s Cosmic Adventure , Duke Nukem II , Major Stryker , Monster Bash , Operation Body Count , Spear of Destiny computer game Spear of Destiny , and Wolfenstein 3D . See also AdLib Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIDI Audio file format External links http adplug.sourceforge.net AdPlug , library that supports the IMF file format http www.shikadi.net moddingwiki IMFIMF Format at ModdingWiki , including detailed information on the format Category Video game music file formats Category Music notation file formats videogame ... more details
The IMF Stand By Arrangement SBA is an economic program of the International Monetary Fund IMF involving financial aid to a member state in need of financial assistance, normally arising from a financial crisis. In return for aid, the economic program stipulates needed reforms in the recipient country aimed at bringing it back on a path of financial stability and economic sustainability. The SBA is a sub set of IMF and World Bank programs aimed at Structural adjustment . Description IMF s Stand By Arrangement was created in June 1952 to provide financing to countries requiring help with balance of payments problems. The SBA has often been used by member countries and is the dominant lending instrument of the IMF, especially for emerging market countries. After a significant pause in such aid, the financial crisis that erupted in 2008 resulted in a large number of countries requiring such financial assistance from the IMF. The financing terms are normally more advantageous than private markets offer. In 2009, the IMF upgraded the SBA to be more flexible and responsive to members countries needs. At the same time, the borrowing limits were doubled and more funds were made available up front. Generally, the conditions were streamlined and simplified. ref http www.imf.org external np exr facts sba.htm IMF Stand By Arrangement, IMF website, March 31, 2011. ref Recipients A number of countries have received an SBA during the Late 2000s financial crisis , including Hungary , Iceland and Greece . Criticisms For a long time, structural adjustment programs have been criticised for making excessive demands of austerity in the recipient country in return for financial aid. Such criticisms have been less pronounced in recent years, notably since 2009, when the IMF s SBA policies were modified to be more responsive to the recipient countries needs. An exception is perhaps Greece, which ... the large amount of financial aid also coming from other Euro Area countries, rather than an IMF standby ... more details
Summary logo fur Article International Metalworkers Federation Use Infobox ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Used for Owner Website History Commentary OVERRIDE FIELDS Description Source Portion Low resolution Purpose Must be specified if Use is not Infobox Org Brand Product Replaceability other information From http www.imfmetal.org main index.cfm www.imfmetal.org for International Metalworkers Federation Licensing Non free logo History of Image IMF logo.jpg 2007 04 23T22 40 51Z User Cydebot Cydebot User talk Cydebot Talk Special Contributions Cydebot contribs 157 bytes nowiki Robot Renaming non free template logo per Wikipedia Non free content templates . nowiki 2006 02 14T05 26 36Z User Bookandcoffee Bookandcoffee User talk Bookandcoffee Talk Special Contributions Bookandcoffee contribs nowiki From http www.imfmetal.org main index.cfm www.imfmetal.org for International Metalworkers Federation nowiki 2006 02 14T05 26 36Z User Bookandcoffee Bookandcoffee User talk Bookandcoffee Talk Special Contributions Bookandcoffee contribs 184x174 16511 bytes ... more details
Summary Information Description GDP PPP per capita. Using wikipedia s world map and information from IMF and wikipedia s article List of countries by GDP PPP per capita Made colors less similar so differences could be told between countries better. Source self made Date created 2007 04 26 Author User Brainboy109 Brainboy109 Permission Licensing PD self date April 2007 Orphan image Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot ... more details
Summary Information Description This is GDP nominal per capita for the world according to the 2009 data from IMF Source I User Khalidshou Khalidshou User talk Khalidshou talk created this work entirely by myself. Date 15 56, 6 June 2010 UTC Author User Khalidshou Khalidshou User talk Khalidshou talk other versions Licensing self cc by 3.0 Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
SVG Map Summary Information Description GDP PPP per capita. Using wikipedia s world map and information from IMF and wikipedia s article List of countries by GDP PPP per capita Made colors less similar so differences could be told between countries better. Made updates to fix mistakes from my previous version. Source self made Date created 2007 04 26 Author User Brainboy109 Brainboy109 Permission Licensing PD self date April 2007 Orphan image Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot ... more details
The Balance of Payments Manual published by the International Monetary Fund provides accounting standards for balance of payments reporting and analysis for many countries. The Bureau of Economic Analysis adheres to this standard. The sixth edition was released in prepublication form in December 2008. Its title has been amended to Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual to reflect that it covers not only transactions, but also the stocks of the related financial assets and liabilities. See also Balance of payments External links http www.imf.org external np sta bop BOPman.pdf Balance of Payments Manual, fifth edition &ndash International Monetary Fund http www.imf.org external np sta bop BOPtex.pdf Balance of Payments Textbook &ndash International Monetary Fund https www.imf.org external pubs ft bop 2007 pdf BPM6.pdf Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition &ndash International Monetary Fund Category Payment systems ... more details
class wikitable Name Term Michael Mussa Kenneth Rogoff August 2001 September 2003 Raghuram Rajan September 2003 January 2007 Simon Johnson economist Simon Johnson March 2007 August 2008 Olivier Blanchard September 2008 present See also International Monetary Fund World Bank Chief Economist Category International Monetary Fund ... more details
Summary Advanced economies, as classified by the International Monetary Fund , as of the April 2008 World Economic Outlook. http www.imf.org external pubs ft weo 2008 01 pdf text.pdf Advanced economies are in blue other countries are in gray. GFDL and prepared from the GFDL work Image Developed nation.png . Licensing GFDL migration relicense Orphan image ... more details
Summary Information Description World Bank and International Monetary Fund protesters vandalized two bank branches PNC Bank PNC & Wachovia as well as vehicles parked at a Whole Foods Market in the Logan Circle, Washington, D.C. Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Source http www.flickr.com photos bootbearwdc 3475040886 flickr Date April 25, 2009 Author http www.flickr.com photos bootbearwdc dbking Permission see below other versions Licensing cc by 3.0 ... more details
The Financial Transactions Plan of the International Monetary Fund is the mechanism through which the Fund finances its lending and repayment operations, to its members, in the General Resources Account. It was formerly called the operational budget. ref name def cite news title Financial Transactions Plan of the IMF author International Monetary Fund url http www.imf.org external np tre ftp pdf 0408.pdf accessdate 2011 06 01 ref The members of the Fund can take loans from IMF with limits corresponding to their International Monetary Fund Membership qualifications quota . IMF lends to its members in both foreign exchange and SDRs. Credit extended in foreign exchange is financed from the quota resources made available to the IMF by members. The creditor gets benefited as their position gets increased. When extending credit in SDRs, the IMF transfers reserve assets directly to borrowing members by drawing on the IMF s own holdings of SDRs in the General Resources Account. ref name lending cite news title Financing IMF Transactions Quarterly Report author International Monetary Fund url http www.imf.org external np tre ftp 2010 050110.htm accessdate 2011 06 01 ref References Reflist See also Reserve Tranche Position Enhanced structural adjustment facility Category International Monetary Fund Category International Monetary Fund terminology ... more details
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The primary means of financing the International Monetary Fund is through members quotas. Each member of the IMF is assigned a International Monetary Fund Members quotas and voting power, and board of governors quota , part of which is payable in Special Drawing Rights SDRs or specified usable currencies reserve assets , and part in the member s own currency. The difference between a member s quota and the IMF s holdings of its currency is a country s Reserve Tranche Position RTP . ref http www.bankofengland.co.uk markets forex reserves imf sdrs.htm International Monetary Fund IMF and Special Drawing Rights SDRs ref Reserve Tranche Position is accounted among a country s Foreign Exchange Reserves . References Reflist See also Financial Transactions Plan Enhanced structural adjustment facility Category International Monetary Fund Category International Monetary Fund terminology ... more details
Infobox Union name IMF country International affiliation Global union federation members 25 Million in 100 countries full name International Metalworkers Federation native name image Image IMF logo.png 150px founded August, 1893 current head dissolved date dissolved state merged into office Geneva , Switzerland people Jyrki Raina, General Secretary br Berthold Huber, President website http www.imfmetal.org www.imfmetal.org footnotes Include all unused fields for future use. See template talk Infobox Union for usage. International Metalworkers Federation IMF is a global union federation of metalworking metalworkers trade union s, founded in Z rich , Switzerland in August 1893. As of 2009, thee IMF has more than 200 member organisations in 100 countries, representing a combined membership of 25 million workers. ref Cite web title For a strong international labour movement url http www.imfmetal.org index.cfm?n 616&l 2 accessdate 5 December 2009 ref The organization holds a Congress every four years, consisting of delegates from the member organisations. The congress establish the broad lines of the IMF s policies and actions and elects the President and General Secretary of the IMF. The international headquarters of IMF is based in Geneva , Switzerland . There are regional offices in Johannesburg , New Delhi , Kuala Lumpur , Santiago, Chile Santiago , Mexico City , and a project office in Russia . References references External links Portal Organized labour http www.imfmetal.org IMF official website Category International Metalworkers Federation Category Metal trade unions int org stub Trade union stub Metalworking stub de Internationaler Metallgewerkschaftsbund fr F d ration internationale des organisations de travailleurs de la m tallurgie nl Internationale Metaalbond sv Internationella Metallfederationen ... more details
IMF reserve position as this total figure is more readily available, however it is accurately deemed ... is based on IMF data when available Otherwise U.S. Central Intelligence Agency data are indicated ..., figures that include them may be higher or lower than those listed here . IMF or other outstanding ... 12 31 accessdate 2011 02 12 ref 2 JPN 1,137,809 Jun 2011 ref name imf cite web url http www.imf.org ..., incl. European Central Bank ECB 886,355 July 2011 ref name imf 3 RUS 510,910 Dec 2011 ref http ... 2011 ref name imf 7 IND 311,516 May 2011 ref name imf style background efefef 8 ROK 305,084 May 2011 ref name imf 9 CHE 288,590 May 2011 ref name imf style background efefef flagicon HKG Hong Kong 277,206 Jun 2011 ref name imf 10 SGP 242,287 Jun 2011 ref name imf style background efefef 11 DEU 230,879 Jun 2011 ref name imf 12 ALG 200,640 Dec 2011 ref name cia style background efefef 13 THA 188,317 Aug 2011 ref name imf 14 FRA 182,167 May 2011 ref name imf style background efefef 15 ITA 169,558 May 2011 ref name imf 16 USA 146,585 Sep 2011 ref name imf style background efefef 17 MYS 135,000 Nov 2011 ref name imf 18 MEX 131,174 May 2011 ref name imf style background efefef 19 IDN 124,638 Aug 2011 ref name imf 20 GBR 114,180 Jun 2011 ref name imf style background efefef 21 POL 109,146 Jun 2011 ref name imf 22 LBY 168,300 Dec 2010 ref name cia style background efefef 23 TUR 95,712 Aug 2011 ref name imf 24 DNK 93,225 Aug 2011 ref name imf style background efefef flagicon EU European Central Bank br European Central Bank ECB , not owned by any single EU member 79,142 May 2011 ref name imf 25 ISR 78,031 Aug 2011 ref name imf style background efefef 26 PHL 76,351 Nov 2011 ref name imf 27 IRN 75,060 Dec 2010 ref name cia style background efefef 28 CAN 63,718 Sep 2011 ref name imf 29 NOR 51,700 Aug 2011 ref name imf style background efefef 30 ROU 54,738 Jun 2011 ref name imf 31 HUN 53,480 Jun 2011 ref name imf style background efefef 32 ARG 51,695 Jun 2011 ref name imf 33 SWE 50,922 ... more details
The IMF International Financial Statistics IFS is a compilation of financial data collected from various sources, covering over 200 countries worldwide, which is published monthly by the International Monetary Fund IMF . Methodology and scope The IFS is the IMF s principal statistical publication covering numerous topics of international and domestic finance. It includes, for most countries, data on exchange rates , balance of payments , international liquidity, money and banking , interest rates , prices, etc. ref http www.esds.ac.uk international support user guides imf ifs.asp ESDS International, dataset guide , retrieved September 15, 2009 ref Most annual data begins in 1948, quarterly and monthly data dates back to 1957 and most balance of payments data begins in 1970. ref http www.esds.ac.uk international access dataset overview.asp desc IMFIFS ESDS International, dataset description , retrieved September 15, 2009 ref The IMF compiles the data from various sources including government departments, national accounts, central banks, the United Nations UN , Eurostat , the International Labour Organisation ILO and private financial institutions. ref ESDS International, dataset guide ref Accessing the data The Economic and Social Data Service ESDS International provides the macro economic datasets free of charge for members of UK higher and further education institutions. In order to access the data, users have to be registered which can be done http www.esds.ac.uk aandp access access.asp here . Alternatively, the data is available to download on the http www.imfbookstore.org ProdDetails.asp?ID IFEOL IMF website which requires a subscription. References references External links http imfstatistics.org imf International Financial Statistics online http www.esds.ac.uk international About ESDS International See also Classification of the Functions of Government ESDS International Category International Monetary Fund Category Online databases ... more details
Regulatory and Supervisory Agency of Turkey. ref name WBank 2008 2009 IMF Ukraine mission From ... Montetary Fund s mission to Ukraine . In December 2009 she was replaced by Athanasios Arvanitis . The IMF ... of the 2008 2009 Ukrainian financial crisis the IMF approved a 16.4bn loan to Ukraine to bolster its economy in November 2008. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi business 7712387.stm IMF approves 16.4bn ... IMF agrees new loan for Ukraine , BBC News , April 17, 2009 ref As Chief of the IMF Ukraine mission ... IMF aid. ref http uk.biz.yahoo.com 25102009 323 photo imf envoy ceyla pazarbasioglu shakes hands ukrainian president viktor yushchenko.html IMF envoy Ceyla Pazarbasioglu shakes hands with Ukrainian President ... MIDDLTopStories Ukraine Defies IMF Warnings by J. Marson & A. Kolyandr, Wall Street Journal Europe November ... www.voanews.com ukrainian archive 2008 11 2008 11 13 voa1.cfm?moddate 2008 11 13 IMF Mission Chief ... www.imf.org external pubs ft survey so 2009 INT110409A.htm IMF Urges Ukraine To Stick With Recovery ... more details
Summary Greece Uprising. Image of the Syntagma square garden. 100.000 people gathered at the centre of Athens on Sunday, 29 5 2011. It was the first day of the people s protest against IMF in european cities. Licensing self cc by sa 3.0 GFDL migration redundant Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Finance & Development is the quarterly magazine released and published by the International Monetary Fund the IMF . External links http www.imf.org external pubs ft fandd 2011 06 index.htm Finance & Development official site italic title Category Quarterly magazines Category International Monetary Fund Category Business magazines business mag stub ... more details
ref http www.springer.com social sciences journal 11558 World Economics Journal ref and IMF Staff Papers ... s IMF Staff Papers ref In 2009, he co edited the volume Finance, Development, and the IMF for Oxford ... bestMatches Oxford University Press link to Finance, Development, and the IMF ref Recently, he authored a Report on IMF reform ref http www.new rules.org about new rules publications 118 report on the civil society fourth pillar consultations with the international monetary fund on reform of imf ... Fund on Reform of IMF Governance ref for the IMF s Managing Director, which he presented ref http www.imf.org external np exr cs news 2009 CSO91.htm IMF official presentation of the paper ref before the IMF s executive directors. Dr. Lombardi studied Banking & Finance Laurea at Bocconi University ... more details
Summary Discussion illustration. Prepared by User Spacepotato and placed in the public domain. Plot of GDP capita PPP, 2007 , current international dollars, using data from IMF World Economic Outlook, IV 2008, using all countries which this publication provided data for. Countries designated by the IMF as advanced economies are in dark blue, countries designated by the CIA World Factbook as in transition are in light blue except for Slovenia, which is now classified as advanced , the countries designated as least developed by the UN are in red, and the remaining countries are in orange. Licensing PD self date April 2008 Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot ... more details
1979 ref 1987 flagcountry Germany ref name CIA ref name imf cite web url http www.imf.org external ... Countries and Subjects publisher IMF accessdate 2009 10 31 ref 1988 flagcountry France ref name CIA ref name imf 1990 flagcountry Italy ref name CIA ref name imf 1994 flagcountry United Kingdom ref name CIA ref name imf 1998 flagcountry China ref name CIA ref name imf 2004 flagcountry Spain ref name CIA ref name imf 2005 flagcountry Canada ref name CIA ref name imf 2006 flagcountry Brazil ref name CIA ref name imf valign top 2007 flagcountry Mexico br flagcountry India br flagcountry Russia br flagcountry South Korea ref name CIA ref name CIA ref name imf ref name World Bank http ddp ext.worldbank.org ... Australia ref name CIA ref name imf Former nation that had US 1 trillion economy class wikitable ... according to the International Monetary Fund IMF values. As for the former Soviet Union, the last ... more details
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