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  "title": "Flexible Credit Line and Short-Term Liquidity Line - Operational Guidance Note",
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  "summary": "This note provides operational guidance on the use of the Flexible Credit Line (FCL) and the Short-Term Liquidity Line (SLL).",
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      "content": "- Purpose: Provides operational guidance on the use of the Flexible Credit Line (FCL) and the Short-Term Liquidity Line (SLL).\n- Scope: After an overview of each instrument, operational issues are grouped into five areas.\n- Role: The note is an aid to the implementation of the policy and its underlying principles.\n- Hierarchy: If any provision of the guidance note or its implementation conflicts with Board policy, Board policy prevails.\n- Revision: It will be revised as needed, for example following relevant policy reviews."
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      "heading": "Operational issues (grouped into five areas)",
      "content": "- Outline of the process and specific steps to be followed if a member expresses interest in an arrangement.\n- Guidance on the modalities of concurrent use of the two instruments (FCL and SLL).\n- Guidance on interaction with other instruments.\n- Guidance on determining qualification of a member.\n- A how-to guide for determining appropriate access levels."
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      "content": "- Subjects: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); Balance of payments; Balance of payments need; Central bank balance sheet; Central banks; Crime; External audit; Financial institutions; Lines of credit; Public financial management (PFM).\n- Keywords: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); Balance of payments need; Central bank balance sheet; External audit; FCL; FCL arrangement; Flexible Credit Line; Global; Guidance Notes; I. FCL; IMF; Lines of credit; Precautionary Toolkit; Short-term Liquidity Line; SLL; SLL arrangement; SLL qualification assessment; transparency policy.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Policy Paper\n  - Policy Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Policy Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2025/04/30/flexible-credit-line-and-short-term-liquidity-line-operational-guidance-note-566585"
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    "Published: April 30, 2025",
    "Series: Policy Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229006538.007",
    "Purpose: Provides operational guidance on the use of the Flexible Credit Line (FCL) and the Short-Term Liquidity Line (SLL).",
    "Scope: After an overview of each instrument, operational issues are grouped into five areas.",
    "Role: The note is an aid to the implementation of the policy and its underlying principles.",
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    "Guidance on the modalities of concurrent use of the two instruments (FCL and SLL).",
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    "Guidance on determining qualification of a member.",
    "A how-to guide for determining appropriate access levels.",
    "Subjects: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); Balance of payments; Balance of payments need; Central bank balance sheet; Central banks; Crime; External audit; Financial institutions; Lines of credit; Public financial management (PFM).",
    "Keywords: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); Balance of payments need; Central bank balance sheet; External audit; FCL; FCL arrangement; Flexible Credit Line; Global; Guidance Notes; I. FCL; IMF; Lines of credit; Precautionary Toolkit; Short-term Liquidity Line; SLL; SLL arrangement; SLL qualification assessment; transparency policy.",
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