IMF Signs US$50 Billion Note Purchase Agreement with China
Press Release No.09/293
September 2, 2009
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and the Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of
China, Mr. Yi Gang, have signed an agreement under which the People’s
Bank of China would purchase up to SDR 32 billion (around US$50
billion) in IMF notes.
The note purchase agreement
is the first in the history of the Fund, and follows the endorsement by
the Executive Board on July 1, 2009 of the framework for issuing notes
to the official sector. The Chinese authorities had expressed their
intention to invest up to US$50 billion in IMF notes in June (see Press
Releases No. 09/204 and No. 09/248).
The agreement offers China a safe investment instrument. It will
also boost the Fund’s capacity to help its membership — particularly
the developing and emerging market countries — weather the global
financial crisis, and facilitate an early recovery of the global
economy.
Useful links:
Text of the Note Purchase Agreement with China:
http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2009/090209.pdf
Press Release 09/204 welcoming China’s proposal to purchase IMF notes
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2009/pr09204.htm
Factsheet on Note Issuance:
http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/imfnotes.htm
Agreements bolstering the IMF’s lending capacity:
http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/faq/contribution.htm
A Framework for the Fund's Issuance of Notes to the Official Sector:
http://www.imf.org/external/pp/longres.aspx?id=4347
Press Release No.09/293
September 2, 2009
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and the Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of
China, Mr. Yi Gang, have signed an agreement under which the People’s
Bank of China would purchase up to SDR 32 billion (around US$50
billion) in IMF notes.
The note purchase agreement
is the first in the history of the Fund, and follows the endorsement by
the Executive Board on July 1, 2009 of the framework for issuing notes
to the official sector. The Chinese authorities had expressed their
intention to invest up to US$50 billion in IMF notes in June (see Press
Releases No. 09/204 and No. 09/248).
The agreement offers China a safe investment instrument. It will
also boost the Fund’s capacity to help its membership — particularly
the developing and emerging market countries — weather the global
financial crisis, and facilitate an early recovery of the global
economy.
Useful links:
Text of the Note Purchase Agreement with China:
http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2009/090209.pdf
Press Release 09/204 welcoming China’s proposal to purchase IMF notes
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2009/pr09204.htm
Factsheet on Note Issuance:
http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/imfnotes.htm
Agreements bolstering the IMF’s lending capacity:
http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/faq/contribution.htm
A Framework for the Fund's Issuance of Notes to the Official Sector:
http://www.imf.org/external/pp/longres.aspx?id=4347