But, with the possible exception of Thailand in 1997, the IMF’s long-time resident historian, James Boughton, finds little evidence for that view in internal documents. The IMF’s Internal Evaluation Office is more directly scathing in its assessment of the Fund’s obliviousness to the US subprime crisis as it emerged.
有人声称IMF私下里对各国进行了预警，但担心公开警告会触发意欲避免的危机。但是，IMF长期专职历史学家詹姆斯·波顿（James Boughton）发现，除了1997年的泰国可能是个例外，内部档案中也不存在有过此类警告的证据。IMF内部评估办公室（Internal Evaluation Office）更是在其评估报告中直接批评了IMF对美国次贷危机毫无警觉。