Timeline
IMF
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1947
1 March 1947
IMF began financial operations
2014
13 June 2014
discussion of updated policy
1944
1944
IMF creation
1944-07
Bretton Woods Conference
1945
1945
IMF came into formal existence
1945-12
IMF formally came into existence
1946
1946-05
Appointment of Managing Director
1950
1950
Poland withdrew from IMF
1950s
establishment of conditionality policy
1952
1952
1952 Executive Board decision
1954
1954
Czechoslovakia expelled from IMF
1964
1964
Cuba left IMF
1971
1971
1971 floating exchange rates
1976
1976
Jamaica Accords
1980
1980
Taiwan ejected from IMF
1980s
world recession
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2013
20 May 2013
discussion of report
2003
2003
creation of Exceptional Access Framework
2008
2008
Quota reforms
2010
2010
abandonment of framework
2010
abandonment of Exceptional Access Framework
2011
2011-06
Christine Lagarde named IMF managing director
2011-10
second bailout package agreed
2012
2012-03
IMF approved bailout package
2013
2013-03
Cyprus bailout agreed
2013-04
IMF staff discussion on sovereign debt restructuring
2015
2015
2015 World Bank/IMF meeting
2016
2016-07
Christine Lagarde re-elected IMF managing director
2019
2019-08
Removal of age limit for Managing Director
2019-11
IMF estimated global growth in 2020
2020
2020
COVID-19 pandemic
2020-03
Kristalina Georgieva announced IMF response to COVID-19 pandemic
2020-03
UK pledged to IMF catastrophe relief fund
2020-04
IMF provided debt relief to member countries
2021
2021
2021 study
2023
2023-04
launch of international central bank digital currency
2023-06
announcement of platform for central bank digital currencies
2023-10
IMF adds $3 billion to trust fund
2024
2024-04
reappointment as IMF managing director
2024-04
Kristalina Georgieva confirmed for second term as IMF chief
2024-10
Liechtenstein joined IMF
2026
2026-02
IMF urged United States to ease trade restrictions
2026-04
downgraded global growth forecast
2026-04
announced new loan programs
2026-04
IMF downgraded global growth forecast
2014
22 May 2014
formulation of updated policy
1947
8 May 1947
France borrowed from IMF
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Georgieva becomes IMF head
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World Bank and IMF scandal
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founding of the IMF