In Washington, the Director-General will also have meetings with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn and with Vice-Presidents of the World Bank, Graeme Wheeler and Kristalina Georgieva.

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"We would not expect, given the strength of the flows, that intervention would materially change the level of the exchange rate, but we could take potentially the tops off rallies, " said Graeme Wheeler, governor of The Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

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