Domnique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, announces that, in an effort to triple its lending capacity, the IMF, for the first time in its history, will to issue bonds. These bonds will have a maturity of five years, and be denominated in Special Drawing Rights.
[added 12/12/2021] Thanks to Bill Holmes for this entry.
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IMF to issue first-ever bonds – Thaindian News.htm
www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/imf-to-issue-first-ever-bonds_100212150.html
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