The world economy is increasingly threatened by volatile market reactions to global imbalances at a time when the IMF has largely lost its original raison d’être as the world’s central monetary institution. These two developments should stimulate the Fund to claim a new purpose as the world’s reserve manager.
在国际货币基金组织（IMF）几乎已丧失其起初作为世界性中央货币机构而存在的理由的情况下，世界经济正越来越受到来自对全球不平衡的动荡市场反应的威胁。这两种情况都应该激励该组织担当起世界储备管理者的新角色。