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IMF increases weighting of dollar, yuan in SDR basket amid weakness

The IMF raised the yuan's weighting to 12.28 per cent from 10.92

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The International Monetary Fund lifted the yuan’s weighting in the Special Drawing Rights currency basket, prompting the Chinese central bank to pledge to push for a further opening of its financial markets.

The IMF raised the yuan’s weighting to 12.28 per cent from 10.92  in its first regular review of the SDR evaluation since the Chinese currency was included in the basket in 2016, the People’s Bank of China said in a statement Sunday. The weighting of the US dollar rose to 43.38 per cent from 41.73 per cent, while those of euro, Japanese yen and British pound declined.

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