Center for Financial Policy Organizes MS Finance Visit to IMF Headquarters

On November 13, 2012, Center for Financial Policy Director Lemma Senbet and Pete Kyle, track leader for CFP Asset Management and Market Design, and 60 MS Finance students visited the IMF’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. to learn more about the role of the organization in the global economy and current financial issues.

Peter Kunzel, Assistant to the Director of the IMF’s External Relations Department spoke about the IMF’s governance, surveillance, technical assistance, outreach, and lending responsibilities. He also led a discussion about the European Sovereign Debt Crisis. The group discussed the actions that the G20 and the IMF have taken in order to avoid a widespread depression and identified key priorities moving forward. Kunzel stressed the importance of an effective banking union, fiscal integration, solvency, structural reforms, enhanced competitiveness, and monetary policy in order to restore growth and maintain financial stability in the Euro Zone.

This visit was organized by the Center for Financial Policy as part of its Education Track. Through its events and programs, the Center promotes education that informs financial policy and connects the university’s students and faculty with policy institutions.