IMF获4300亿美元注资

2012-04-23 00:00:00来源：沪江英语网

　　The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has secured over 430 billion dollars in addition to its resources, as the group of 20 advancedcountries and emergingcountries pledgedto beef up the Fund"s financial capacityon Friday.

　　In a communiquereleased on Friday, the G20 countries said there are firm commitments to increase resources made available to the IMF by over 430 billion dollars in addition to the quotaincrease under the 2010 Reform.

　　"These resources will be available for the whole membership of the IMF, and not earmarkedfor any particular region," they noted.

　　The pledges came as timidworld economic recovery was threatened by renewed escalationof euro zone crisis, and the IMF tried to build stronger "global firewall" to tacklecrisis and preservethe world economic stability.

　　"It really showed the resolve of international community to have available tools in the toll kit to resists and defend against the crisis," Christine Lagarde, chief of the IMF, said at a news conference at the Fund Friday.

　　"This is extremely important, necessary, an expression of collectiveresolve," she added, noting that the interests of creditors would be well protected.

　　With the over 430 billion dollars, the IMF lending capacity almost doubled, Lagarde said in a statement, applauding the countries which have made or signaled contribution.

　　"This signals the strong resolve of the international community to secure global financial stability and put the world economic recovery on a sounder footing," she added.

　　Boosting the IMF's resources is a hot issue at the spring meetings of the IMF and the World Bank, which officially started Friday in Washington.

　　The Washington-based global lender said earlier this year that it is seeking to increase its funding capacity by 500 billion dollars to meet the global potentialfinancial needs.

　　As the financial strains eased recently in the European market, Lagarde said last week the Fund may not need as large additional resources as it previously thought.

　　The United States, the largest shareholderof the Fund, appeared to be lukewarmon this issue. U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner has said repeatedly that the U.S. government would not seek additional funds for the IMF to step up its firewall against the risk of European contagion, and bigger IMF role could not substitutetough reforms of the eurozone economies.

　　美国华盛顿时间20日，国际货币基金组织（IMF）增资议题取得决定性进展。IMF宣布，根据成员国最新承诺，该机构获得成员国增资总额已超过4300亿美元。IMF总裁拉加德称，这一增资额度使得该机构的可贷资金几乎扩大了一倍，显示出国际社会确保全球金融稳定以及促使世界经济复苏更加稳健的强烈意愿。但是，美国作为世界第一大经济体，同时也是IMF第一大股东，至今仍未表达注资意愿。

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