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10.2.1 Institutions
The institutions at least partially dedicated to international nancial stability can
be grouped around three poles: the groups of countries (G7/G8/G20) meeting
either at the level of heads of state or at the level of nance ministers and central
bank governors (10.2.1.1), the International Monetary Fund (IMF; 10.2.1.2), and
the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the institutions it hosts (10.2.1.3).
10.2.1.1 Groups of countries
The G7 is a forum that has brought together Canada, France, Germany, Japan,
Italy, the UK, and the US since 1976, with the EU also participating since 1977
as well as the ECB since its creation in 1999. In 1997, the G7 became the G8 and
nance ministers and central bank g ...