(L-R) US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Belgium's State Secretary for Finance Bernard Clerfayt speak before the International Monetary and Financial Meeting (IMFC) at IMF Headquarters in Washington October 11, 2008. Finance leaders from the IMF's 185 member countries on Saturday endorsed a plan announced by major economies to chart a course out of the credit crisis. [Agencies]

Japan's Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa speaks with journalists outside of the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington during the annual IMF-World Bank meeting October 11, 2008. [Agencies]