'imf' is not a correct and usable word in written English.
It is an acronym for International Monetary Fund, so you can use it if you are referring to the organization by its acronym. Example: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization that aims to promote global financial stability.
On Tuesday, Greece faces having to repay around €770m (£560m) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Voted twice to make it illegal to sell a gun without a secure storage or safety device Voted for a Federal ban on possession of "assault weapons" by those under 18. as well as: "Voted to give $18 billion to the IMF".
When Mr Sarkozy launched his Scud – that he would not take lessons on morality from the party of Dominique Strauss-Kahn – back came another one: "I did not nominate him to the IMF".
Related: Fossil fuels subsidised by $10m a minute, says IMF The latest evidence about how expensive fossil fuels really are has been provided this week by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), an organisation that monitors the progress of the world's economy.
But five years after Athens was forced to be bailed out by the European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF) – accepting the biggest rescue package in global financial history – Greeks are not sure what to think.
I once termed those who gather at IMF meetings as "the international debt set".
Yet, although even the IMF is crying out for the classic Keynesian boost to infrastructure spending, there is precious little sign of a favourable response from policymakers, especially in the beleaguered eurozone.
Greece's recently elected leftwing-led government has so far failed to present a package of reforms to the IMF and its eurozone partners that those creditors deem serious enough to unlock the remaining bailout funds.
There was, however, some support for Greece's position at last week's IMF meeting in Washington where Poul Thomsen, head of the fund's European department, said the reforms being demanded from Athens should be slimmed down.
If Greece was not a member of the euro, but rather a struggling country in sub-Saharan Africa, the IMF remedy would be devaluation, debt relief and a welfare safety net to protect the most vulnerable.
There have been times when senior officials in Brussels and the IMF have shown their sympathy for a country that must spend the next 42 years paying back an average of €10bn (£7bn) a year to the IMF, the European Central Bank, the EU and each EU country that has made loans separately – not to mention the private sector creditors.
