IMF continues to flourish as an institution. Lots of new loans, mostly for debt related problems to LDCs. Extended Fund Facility, Structural adjustment facility, enhanced structural adjustment facility, Compensatory and Contingency Financing, Buffer Stock, Systemic Transformation Facility. Exchange rate variations. Some suggestions of merging IMF with World Bank.
Dollar remains major mode of liquidity, key intervention currency.
Higher instability of x-rates Trade has continued to grow, and protectionism remains low.