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Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-227-003
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s address to a meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the Sheraton-Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. In his speech President Kennedy explains how the IMF helps to ensure international economic stability, and discusses how his administration plan to limit straining the country’s balance of payments by increasing exports, maintaining stable prices, limiting foreign expenditures, decelerating foreign demand on the country’s capital markets, and increasing the attractiveness of foreign investment in the United States.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-128-001
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks to the Board of Governors at the annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund at the Sheraton-Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. In his speech President Kennedy identifies several American economic problems, such as exports, inflation, and balance of payments, and encourages his audience to consider these issues in an international context.