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(zhuǎn)彎,稱得上是一次非同尋常的思想轉(zhuǎn)變。上世紀(jì)90年,IMF差點(diǎn)把推動(dòng)資本賬戶放開納入其規(guī)章。經(jīng)過三年的全面評估之后,IMF本周一終于從制度層面上承認(rèn),直接資本管制可在緩和不穩(wěn)定的國際資本流動(dòng)方面發(fā)揮積極作用。
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