The First Ten Years of the International Monetary Fund |
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amount Annual Report April 30 Articles of Agreement assistance balance of payments Board of Governors central bank continued convertible currencies current transactions deutsche mark devaluation dollar and sterling dollar area economic effect European Payments Union exchange adjustment exchange rates exchange restrictions exchange trans exchange transactions Executive Board Executive Directors expansion of world exports fair exchange standards financial policies fluctuating rate foreign exchange Fund Agreement provides Fund members Fund's holdings Fund's resources governments growth imports increase inflation initial par values international monetary cooperation International Monetary Fund international payments international trade maintain Marshall Plan member countries member's currency ment million monetary reserves multiple rates Netherlands non-dollar number of countries parities payments and transfers payments difficulties payments position payments problems period Peru practical production quota limitations reconstruction repurchases staff stand-by arrangement sterling area trade and investment trading countries U.S. dollars United Kingdom waiver world economy world payments situation world trade