by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
NYC, Jan 15– When the IMF held its press briefing on Jan 15, Inner City Press was able to ask the spokesperson two questions.
As submitted in writing: On Ghana, what is the IMF's response to former Finance Minister Mohammed Amin Adam saying that it is strange that a supposed loss, as claimed by the Bank of Ghana Governor, was not reported to the IMF by the central bank- "why the IMF never highlighted this in all its review reports except the $214 million losses in 2025 clearly shows BoG has more questions than answers."
It was pointed out losses were in the IMF report; spokesperson Julie Kozack after Inner City Press asked by WebEx said that the IMF's guidance is that the losses be disclosed in the overall budget, not in the Central Bank's.
Inner City Press asked for the IMF's guidance on this, as submitted in writing: "On Pakistan (and crypto and the US), the Pakistan VARA has entered into an agreement with an affiliated entity of WLFI, to assess how its USD1 token could be deployed for cross-border payments. "The MoU in Pakistan arrives at a sensitive moment for WLFI... a letter to Comptroller Gould, urging him to halt its review of WLFI's bank charter application." What is the IMF's view / comment on this Pakistan crypto move?"
Guidance was perhaps understandably not provided during the briefing; it may be provided after, watch this site.
Previously spokesperson Julie Kozack's replies included that the timing on Egypt hasn't changed, that a list of countries in governance review will be provided - and it was, here, including Cameroon
and that the US's - and others' - in put is welcome, including in connection with the Bretton Woods organizations' 80th birthday. More video coming on IMF's website.
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