The purposes of the IMF are the following:
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to promote international monetary cooperation;
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to facilitate the expansion and balanced growth of international trade
and contribute thereby to the promotion and maintenance of high levels
of employment and real income;
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to promote exchange stability, maintain orderly exchange arrangements
among member states, and avoid competitive currency depreciations;
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to assist in establishing a multilateral system of payments of current
transactions among members and in eliminating foreign-exchange
restrictions that hamper world trade; and
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to alleviate serious disequilibrium in the international balance of
payments of members by making the resources of the Fund available
under adequate safeguards, so as to prevent the members from resorting
to measures that endanger national or international prosperity.
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