IMF and World Bank spring meeting in Washington D.C., 25-26 April 2009

The International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) will meet on 25 April in connection with the regular spring meeting of the IMF and the World Bank. The Swedish delegation will include the Governor of the Riksbank, Stefan Ingves, and the Minister of Finance, Anders Borg.

 

The purpose of the IMFC’s meetings is to discuss current international issues within the IMF’s field of responsibility and to provide guidance for the institution's operations. Sweden's view of the IMF is determined in consultation with the constituency of Nordic-Baltic countries of which Sweden is a part.

 

IMFC agenda

This year, the focus of the meeting will be on the crisis and the IMF's crisis management. One of the main issues at the meeting will be to ensure that the IMF has sufficient resources to cover the affiliated countries' increasing needs for financial assistance.

 

Press meeting

The media are welcome to attend a press meeting with the Governor of the Riksbank, Stefan Ingves, the Minister of Finance, Anders Borg, and the Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Joakim Stymne, at the Swedish Embassy in Washington.

 

When: Saturday 25 April at 17:30.

Where: The Swedish Embassy, House of Sweden, 2900 K Street, Washington D.C.

 

What is the IMFC?

The International Monetary and Financial Committee is the IMF's policymaking body. The Committee meets twice a year, once in the spring and once in the autumn in connection with the IMF's annual meeting, to discuss the development of the global economy and other issues relating to the IMF's activities. The IMFC consists of 24 members that are represented by a central bank governor or a finance minister from each country or constituency in the IMF. Sweden is part of a constituency together with Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania and Norway. At present our constituency is represented on the IMFC by Sweden.

 

More information on the spring meetings is available on the websites of the IMF and the World Bank, see the links below.