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國(guó)際貨幣基金組織星期一將人民幣納入其關(guān)鍵國(guó)際貨幣籃子。這給與全球第二大經(jīng)濟(jì)體一個(gè)新的地位。
國(guó)際貨幣基金組織說(shuō)，人民幣“符合所有現(xiàn)有條件“加入該組織特別提款權(quán)貨幣群。這些貨幣包括美元、歐元、日元和英鎊。特別提款權(quán)是該組織用于向188個(gè)成員國(guó)發(fā)放危機(jī)貸款的金融標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。這一決定將于明年10月生效。
國(guó)際貨幣基金組織總裁拉加德說(shuō)，這個(gè)決定是“中國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)和全球金融系統(tǒng)整合中一個(gè)重要的里程碑。”
她還表示，這也是“對(duì)中國(guó)當(dāng)局在過(guò)去一些年改革中國(guó)貨幣和金融系統(tǒng)的認(rèn)可。”
特別提款權(quán)并非自由交易的貨幣，但是作為一種國(guó)際儲(chǔ)備資產(chǎn)而具有重要性。分析人士說(shuō)，國(guó)際貨幣基金組織的決定將促使北京兌現(xiàn)其承諾，讓人民幣在全球各地更為“自由使用”，國(guó)際貨幣基金組織認(rèn)為北京已經(jīng)做到這一點(diǎn)。
在國(guó)際貨幣基金組織的貨幣籃子中，人民幣的權(quán)重為10.92％，這是用來(lái)衡量在得到該組織的貸款時(shí)該貨幣國(guó)得到的比重。人民幣加入之后，美元仍維持42％的權(quán)重，而歐元、英鎊和日元的權(quán)重降低。
除此之外，人民幣被納入國(guó)際貨幣基金組織的貨幣籃子將使得人民幣在全球金融市場(chǎng)得到新的地位，可能會(huì)促使對(duì)人民幣和人民幣為主的資產(chǎn)的需求。（中國(guó)進(jìn)出口網(wǎng)）
The International Monetary Fund added China's yuan to its basket of key global currencies on Monday, a move that gives new status to the world's second leading economy.
The IMF said that the Yuan, also known as the Renminbi, "met all existing criteria," to be added to the U.S. dollar, Europe's euro, the Japanese Yen and the British Pound as one of the currencies in the world organization's Special Drawing Rights grouping, the financial standard it uses in issuing crisis loans to its 188 member nations. The action takes effect next October.
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said the decision is "an important milestone in the integration of the Chinese economy into the global financial system."
"It is also a recognition," she said, "of the progress that the Chinese authorities have made in the past years in reforming China's monetary and financial systems."
The Special Drawing Rights are not a freely traded currency, but are important as an international reserve asset. Analysts say the IMF action could push Beijing to live up to its promises to make the Yuan even more "freely usable" across the world, a standard the IMF concluded Beijing has already met.
The yuan will have a 10.92 percent weighting in the IMF's currency basket, a measure that determines which currencies countries can receive when they secure IMF loans. When the yuan is added to the basket of currencies, the dollar will retain its share of about 42 percent, with reduced shares for the euro, British sterling and the Japanese yen.
The addition of the Yuan to the IMF basket could give it new respect in world financial markets, possibly fueling demand for the currency and for Yuan-dominated assets.
