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IMFSurvey Magazine: In the News IMF LENDING

IMF Signs $100 Billion Borrowing Agreement With Japan IMF Survey online

February 13, 2009

Injection of funds by Japan will strengthen IMF's ability to tackle global crisis IMF seeking to double funding to $500 billion

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Executive Board considering other ways to increase resources

provided the IMF with an additional $100 billion to bolster the Fund's lendable resources during the current global economic and financial crisis. Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Shoichi Nakagawa, Minister of Finance of Japan, signed the terms of Japan's $100 billion commitment on February 13 under a borrowing agreement designed to temporarily supplement the Fund's financial resources. The IMF said the additional funds will bolster its capacity to provide timely and effective balance of payments assistance to its 185 member governments.

Strauss-Kahn (left) shakes hands after the signing ceremony with Shoichi Nakagawa, Japan's Minister of Finance (photo: IMF)

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Crisis-lending The IMF has so far committed around $48 billion in lending to a number of economies affected by the crisis, including Belarus, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Pakistan, Serbia, and Ukraine. It announced a precautionary loan for El Salvador last month and an IMF team has also been in negotiations with Turkey. The IMF expects global growth to grind to a virtual halt in 2009, with the advanced economies in a recession. The economic crisis has caused global trade and capital flows to plummet. The formal signing of the agreement in Rome, Italy, follows the IMF Executive Board's approval of the terms on February 12, 2009. Taro Aso, Japanese Prime Minister, announced in November 2008 that Japan would be willing to provide supplemental funding to the IMF, to help overcome the current global crisis (see Press Release No. 08/284).

Apart from the new money from Japan, the IMF has around $200 billion in lendable resources. Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn wants to boost the IMF's lendable resources to around $500 billion, both as a precaution in case the crisis gets worse and as reassurance that the IMF can meet any eventuality. The IMF's Executive Board is considering a number of ways to strengthen the Fund's resources, including additional borrowing from official sources. Single-largest commitment Strauss-Kahn, on a trip to Rome to attend a meeting of ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7) advanced economies, said the IMF was deeply grateful for the Japanese government's support [see video reaction]. "This commitment is the single-largest supplemental financing contribution by an IMF member country ever, and it clearly demonstrates Japan's continuing commitment to a multilateral approach to global economic and financial challenges. We are hopeful that other countries will join Japan in providing their support to the Fund's efforts." Japan's total commitment is equivalent to about 31 percent of total Fund quotas, the capital members put into the IMF when joining. The initial period of the commitment by Japan is for one year, and may be extended by the IMF for up to a total of five years if warranted by the Fund's liquidity situation and its actual and prospective borrowing needs. Each drawing will carry interest at the interest rate on the IMF's Special Drawing Rights, which is currently 0.62 percent. Comments on this article should be sent to [email protected]

(参考仮訳) プレスリリース No. 09/32 即時解禁 2009 年 2 月 13 日

国際通貨基金(IMF) 米国・ワシントン DC

IMF、日本との 1,000 億ドルの融資取極 に署名 ドミニク・ストロスカーン国際通貨基金(IMF)専務理事と日本の中川昭一財務大 臣は本日、日本による IMF への最大で 1,000 億米ドルの資金提供に関する融資取極 に署名した。同取極は IMF の融資財源を暫定的に補完するもので、これにより国際 収支上の問題に直面している加盟国に対して、IMF が適時に効果的な支援を実施す る上での能力が強化される。 本日のイタリア・ローマでの同取極の正式締結・署名に先立ち、IMF 理事会は 2009 年 2 月 12 日、同取極を承認した。日本の麻生太郎首相は 2008 年 11 月、現下の世界 的な危機への対応として、IMF に対し補完的な資金を提供する用意があることを表 明している。( プレスリリース No. 08/284参照) 「我々は、日本政府の支援に心より感謝する」とストロスカーン専務理事は述べた。 「この度の取極は、IMF の加盟国一国による補完的な資金提供としては過去最大で あり、日本のリーダーシップと、世界経済ならびに国際金融が直面している問題の 解決に向けた多国間協調主義的アプローチに対する、日本の継続的なコミットメン トを明確に示すものである。他の国々に対しても日本に続き、我々の努力に対する 支援を期待したい」 同取極に基づく日本の資金提供は総額で 670 億 SDR 相当で、IMF の総クォータ(出 資割当額)の 31 パーセントに相当する。これを除く IMF の融資能力は 950 億 SDR (約 1,430 億米ドル)であった。この他に、IMF は既存の借入取極である新規借入 取極(NAB)および一般借入取極(GAB)に基づき、最大 340 億 SDR(約 510 億米ドル)の引き出しが可能となっている。 同取極による日本の資金提供期間は当初 1 年であるが、IMF の流動性の状況や借入 れニーズの実績および見通しに鑑みてその延長が必要になった場合には、IMF は最 長 5 年まで期間を延長できる。また個々の借り入れに対して SDR 金利(現在 0.62%)が適用される。

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