The IMF can also play a useful role in helping surplus countries manage their foreign exchange reserves, much as the Bank for International Settlements already does. World leaders can allow the IMF to sell some of its gold stock to endow the agency with enough cash to fund its monitoring and surveillance functions.  Then in the future, it will not need to make crisis loans just to keep the lights on in the building.
国际货币基金组织也可以在帮助顺差国家管理它们的外汇储备方面，起到有益的作用，就像国际清算银行已经在做的那样。世界各国领导人可以让国际货币基金组织出售一些自己的黄金储备，使其有资助其监管和监督功能的足够资金。那么，在将来，国际货币基金组织就没有必要仅仅为了维持正常运转而提供危机贷款了。