IMF experts recommended Friday that the Chinese yuan be included in the Fund's SDR basket of currencies, backing a strong push by Beijing to join the elite grouping. IMF chief Christine Lagarde said in a statement that the staff experts, in their report to the IMF board, ruled the yuan or renminbi (RMB) "meets the requirements to be a 'freely usable' currency." That was a key hurdle to the yuan...
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