Bank of Lithuania
2005-04-21

The International Monetary and Financial Committee of the International Monetary Fund held its meeting in Washington, D.C. on 16 April 2005 to discuss the global economy and financial markets, IMF’s strategic direction and the key IMF policy issues. Bank of Lithuania Deputy Governor Ramune Zabuliene took part in the meeting.

The results of the meeting are presented in the communiqué of the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the IMF at http://www.imf.org/external/np/cm/2005/041605.htm.

Mr Per-Kristian Foss, Minister of Finance of Norway, made a statement on behalf of Nordic and Baltic countries (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden). The statement is available at http://www.imf.org/External/spring/2005/imfc/stmt/eng/nor.pdf.

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