New Role for the IMF: Global Credit Crisis Offers International Monetary Fund a New Lease on Life ArticleApr 23, 2008 New Role for the IMF: Global Credit Crisis Offers International Monetary Fund a New Lease on Life Global credit crisis offers International Monetary Fund a new lease on life, write Naoko Nakamae and Jonathan Jacoby. Apr 23, 2008 Naoko Nakamae, Jonathan Jacoby