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Also Known As IMF
Date July 1944 - present
Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Areas Of Involvement exchange rate • currency • liquid asset • Special Drawing Right
Related People Simon Johnson • Alassane Ouattara • Horst Köhler • Christine Lagarde • Dominique Strauss-Kahn • Festus Mogae • Henry Paulson • Salam Fayyad • Dorothy Constance Stratton

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  • The IMF has about 290 billion USD in total quotas available.
  • Countries contributions are proportional to their size and relative economies, so Seychelles funds 0.004% of IMF total quotas, whereas the United States' contribution constitutes about 17%.
  • The IMF (along with the World Bank) is the largest public monetary lender worldwide.

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