It joined the United Nations (UN) and other international organizations, such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT).
This year the IMF expects there to be global economic growth of 3.3 percent but because of the scars of the " Great Recession" , the U.S. government sometimes gives American banks a stress test.
Last month, Argentina reworked a $44 billion loan with the IMF, obtaining nearly 10 billion in fresh cash in exchange for measures to strengthen public finances and start reducing persistently high inflation.