MMF usiluje o odpredaj 403.3 ton zlata

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The International Monetary Fund on Monday proposed the sale of 403.3 tonnes of its gold reserves as part of a wide-ranging financial overhaul.

Managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in a statement the IMF would use the funds to help shore up the finances of the international organisation and create a new endowment with more diverse investments.

The move is contingent on a charter amendment that would need legislative action in most member countries.

Strauss-Kahn hailed the executive board's proposal for a new income and expenditure framework for the fund," calling it "a landmark agreement that will put the institution on solid financial footing and modernise the IMF's structure and operations."

The announcement came ahead of the spring meetings of the IMF and its sister institution, the World Bank, in Washington this weekend.

Zdroj: BD

09.04.2008

"In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value."   Alan Greenspan