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國際貨幣基金組織星期一將人民幣納入其關(guān)鍵國際貨幣籃子。這給與全球第二大經(jīng)濟體一個新的地位。
國際貨幣基金組織說，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個成員國發(fā)放危機貸款的金融標準。這一決定將于明年10月生效。
國際貨幣基金組織總裁拉加德說，這個決定是“中國經(jīng)濟和全球金融系統(tǒng)整合中一個重要的里程碑。”
她還表示，這也是“對中國當局在過去一些年改革中國貨幣和金融系統(tǒng)的認可。”
特別提款權(quán)并非自由交易的貨幣，但是作為一種國際儲備資產(chǎn)而具有重要性。分析人士說，國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”，國際貨幣基金組織認為北京已經(jīng)做到這一點。
在國際貨幣基金組織的貨幣籃子中，人民幣的權(quán)重為10.92％，這是用來衡量在得到該組織的貸款時該貨幣國得到的比重。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得到新的地位，可能會促使對人民幣和人民幣為主的資產(chǎn)的需求。（中國進出口網(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.
