Article VI – Capital Transfers

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provision of the IMF Articles of Agreement

Article VI – Capital Transfers is a provision of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement that regulates members’ rights and limitations regarding the movement of capital across borders, particularly to prevent destabilizing capital flows.

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Label	Occurrences
Article VI – Capital Transfers canonical	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	provision of the IMF Articles of Agreement ⓘ
addresses	restrictions on payments and transfers for capital transactions ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference at Bretton Woods NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsTo	prevent destabilizing capital flows ⓘ protect members’ balance of payments stability ⓘ
allows	IMF to request members to exercise controls to prevent use of IMF resources for capital flight ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Article VI of the IMF Articles of Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	all IMF member countries ⓘ
basedOn	concern about destabilizing short‑term capital movements ⓘ
citedIn	IMF legal opinions on capital account regulation ⓘ academic literature on capital controls and the IMF ⓘ
clarifies	that members are not obliged to liberalize capital account transactions ⓘ
distinguishesBetween	current account transactions and capital account transactions ⓘ
embeddedIn	original Bretton Woods international monetary framework ⓘ
frameworkFor	member states’ policies on cross‑border capital movements ⓘ
grantsRightTo	IMF members to exercise controls on capital transfers ⓘ IMF members to regulate capital movements ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	binding treaty obligation for IMF members ⓘ
influences	IMF conditionality related to capital account measures ⓘ
inForceSince	1945 ⓘ
legalBasisFor	members’ use of capital controls under IMF rules ⓘ
limits	IMF authority over capital account transactions compared to current account transactions ⓘ
objective	avoid competitive exchange depreciation linked to capital flows ⓘ maintain orderly exchange arrangements ⓘ
partOf	Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund NERFINISHED ⓘ
permits	members to regulate capital movements for balance of payments reasons ⓘ members to use capital controls to prevent large or volatile capital outflows ⓘ
prohibits	members from using IMF general resources to meet large or sustained capital outflows ⓘ use of IMF resources to finance capital flight ⓘ
regulates	capital transfers by IMF member countries ⓘ members’ rights regarding movement of capital across borders ⓘ
relatedTo	Article VIII of the IMF Articles of Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ IMF policies on capital account liberalization ⓘ
scope	capital transfers and related payments ⓘ
subjectOf	IMF jurisdiction over capital account transactions ⓘ

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Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund → hasPart → Article VI – Capital Transfers ⓘ