Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Prelude To A New Global Monetary Order?


China to buy first IMF bonds for 50 billion dollars


"China has agreed to buy the first International Monetary Fund bonds for about 50 billion dollars, the IMF said Wednesday.

IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the deputy governor of the People?s Bank of China, Yi Gang, signed the agreement Wednesday at IMF headquarters in Washington, the multilateral institution said.

Under the agreement, the Chinese central bank "would purchase up to SDR 32 billion (around 50 billion dollars) in IMF notes," it said."

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