Ásgeir Jónsson, Governor of the Central Bank of Iceland, and Tómas Brynjólfsson, Deputy Governor for Financial Stability, participated along with other representatives from the Central Bank of Iceland in the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held in Washington DC last week. The Governor, Deputy Governor and representatives met with representatives of the IMF, the Nordic-Baltic Constituency, rating agencies, financial institutions, as well as delegations from other countries.
The Governor represents Iceland in the Board of Governors of the IMF and the Governor attended the meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC). The IMFC meets biannually, where the Fund presents its assessment of the global economic outlook, financial stability, and the fiscal situation. The Managing Director of the Fund also presents her Global Policy Agenda. Mohammed Aljadaan, Minister of Finance of Saudi Arabia, chaired the meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) and Stephanie Lose, Minister for Economic Affairs of Denmark represented the Nordic-Baltic constituency in the IMFC on this occasion.
Links to various meeting documents:
The Fund‘s flagship reports as well as other documents related to the annual meeting can be found on the IMF‘s webpage.