The Governments on whose behalf the present Agreement is signed agree as follows:
Introductory Article
The International Monetary Fund is established and shall operate in accordance with the following provisions:
Article I
Purposes
The purposes of the International Monetary Fund are:
(I) To promote international monetary co-operation through a permanent institution which provides the machinery for consultation and collaboration on international monetary problems.
(II) To facilitate the expansion and balanced growth of international trade, and to contribute thereby to the promotion and maintenance of high levels of employment and real income and to the development of the productive resources of all members as primary objectives of economic policy.
(III) To promote exchange stability, to maintain orderly exchange arrangements among members, and to avoid competitive exchange depreciation.
(IV) To assist in the establishment of a multilateral system of payments in respect of current transactions between members and in the elimination of foreign exchange restrictions which hamper the growth of world trade.
(V) To give confidence to members by making the Fund's resources available to them under adequate safeguards, thus providing them with opportunity to correct maladjustments in their balance of payments without resorting to measures destructive of national or international prosperity.
(VI) In accordance with the above, to shorten the duration and lessen the degree of disequilibrium in the international balances of payments of members.
