As far as intellectual shifts go, the U-turn by the International Monetary Fund on capital controls is remarkable. In the 1990s, the IMF came close to including the promotion of capital account liberalisation in its rule book. On Monday, after a thorough three-year review, the fund has accepted institutionally that direct controls can play a useful role in calming volatile, international capital flows.
國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)對資本管制立場的180度大轉彎,稱得上是一次非同尋常的思想轉變。上世紀90年,IMF差點把推動資本賬戶放開納入其規章。經過三年的全面評估之後,IMF本週一終於從制度層面上承認,直接資本管制可在緩和不穩定的國際資本流動方面發揮積極作用。
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