RMB in SDR: means but not an end

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RMB in SDR: means but not an end

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Photo taken on Nov. 30, 2015, shows rows of (from L) U.S. dollar, euro, Chinese yuan, and Japanese yen bills. The International Monetary Fund is slated to hold a board meeting the same day to decide whether to include the yuan in an exclusive group of currencies that make up the basket of the IMF's Special Drawing Rights which is currently based on the dollar, the yen, the euro and pound sterling. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo | Kyodo

The renminbi is joining the IMF special drawing rights (SDR) later this year, but that achievement does not mean mission accomplished for China’s authorities. For Beijing to achieve its stated goals of making the RMB a reserve currency and the SDR a real world currency more steps will be needed, according to leading monetary policy experts.

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