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  "title": "Press Release: IMF Signs Agreements Totaling SDR 5.3 billion with Japan, the Banque de France, the United Kingdom and the People's Bank of China to Support Lending to Low-Income Countries",
  "publication": "IMF News, September 17, 2010",
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  "summary": "Total new loan resources secured: SDR 5.256 billion (about US$8 billion).",
  "publishDate": "2010-09-17",
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      "heading": "Summary of agreements and amounts",
      "content": "- Total new loan resources secured: SDR 5.256 billion (about US$8 billion).\n- Note Purchase Agreements (first ever to fund the IMF’s concessional lending):\n  - Japan: SDR 1.8 billion (about US$2.7 billion).\n  - United Kingdom: SDR 1.328 billion (about US$2 billion).\n  - People’s Bank of China: SDR 800 million (about US$1.2 billion).\n- Loan Agreement:\n  - Banque de France: SDR 1.328 billion (about US$2 billion)."
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      "heading": "Purpose and intended use",
      "content": "- Expand the IMF’s capacity to help low-income countries hit hard by the current global crisis.\n- Increase loan resources available for the recently reformed concessional lending facilities."
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      "heading": "Timing and context",
      "content": "- All agreements signed on September 3, 2010.\n- The agreements follow the Executive Board’s approval of concessional lending reforms in July 2009.\n- Fund-raising campaign launched by the Managing Director sought:\n  - SDR 10.8 billion in new bilateral loan resources.\n  - SDR 200–400 million in bilateral contributions to subsidize the costs of concessional lending (see Press Release No. 09/268).\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. Press Release No. 10/340, September 17, 2010.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Pr10340apdf (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- Pr10340cpdf (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- Pr10340jpdf (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- Pr10340rpdf (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\n References\n\n- PRESS CENTER\n- Press Release No. 09/268\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2015/09/14/01/49/pr10340"
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    "Note Purchase Agreements (first ever to fund the IMF’s concessional lending):",
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