BUS357  Week 3 - Discussion 2 International Monetary Fund (IMF) Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapters 9 through 11 in the course textbook and review the web pages, How We Do It (Links to an external site

BUS357 

Week 3 - Discussion 2

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapters 9 through 11 in the course textbook and review the web pages, How We Do It (Links to an external site.) and Videos (Links to an external site.).

Provide a brief summary of the IMF, including its purpose, Special Drawing Rights (SDR), and the Jamaica agreement as well as any other pertinent information. Go to the IMF’s web page, How We Do It (Links to an external site.).

Watch at least one video from the IMF video page (https://www.imf.org/external/mmedia/index.aspx (Links to an external site.)) and review at least one "popular data latest update" report from https://www.imf.org/en/data.  (Links to an external site.)Report back to the class on what information you gathered from these two IMF sources.  According to the information you reviewed on the IMF pages, what is your view on the current global monetary state?  Support your answer with at least one credible, recent source in addition to the course textbook. Your initial response should be 200 to 300 words.