Issuance of IMF’s own currency on the cards

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Sun, 2021-02-14 00:06

WASHINGTON/LONDON: Some Group of Seven (G7) countries are keen to back a new issuance of the International Monetary Fund’s own currency, known as special drawing rights (SDRs), to help low-income countries hit by the coronavirus crisis, a step last taken in 2009.

Officials from the US, the IMF’s biggest shareholder, had signaled they were open to a new issuance of $500 billion, sources said — another Biden shift away from Trump administration opposition.

World’s major economies, including the US, have vowed to take joint action to steer the global economy out of its worst slump since the Great Depression. (AP/File)
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