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'Is IMF's relocation from Washington to Beijing imminent?' asks Shashi Tharoor
Updated: 20 Oct 2020, 10:37 AM IST
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Citing the IMF data, the Congress leader further said that China will be the only major economy to grow this year while the US would shrink by 4.3 per cent.

Citing the positive growth numbers of China, Congress leader and MP from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that International Monetary Fund's (IMF) headquarters could be shifted from the US to China as indicated by the current growth projection made by the global organisation after the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic.

"Is the IMF's relocation to Beijing imminent?" Tharoor posed the question on his Twitter handle.



"The International Monetary Fund's by-laws specify that its headquarters will be located in the world's largest economy. For 75 years this placed it in Washington, DC. With the way the US and Chinese economies are moving after #Covid-19, is the IMF's relocation to Beijing imminent?"

The Congress leader further said that China will be the only major economy to grow this year while the US would shrink by 4.3 per cent.

"The IMF itself says China will be the only major economy to grow this year. It predicts that China will expand 1.9 per cent in 2020, while the U.S. would shrink by 4.3 per cent. China's growth will accelerate to 8.4 per cent next year, says the IMF, compared to 3.1 per cent in the United States. Challenging!" he said in a tweet.


 
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How does it matter if it is situated in Beijing? Its shareholding is already fixed and China is no where near the majority to influence it. It's better for China to build it's own bank (like AIIB and others) than involve itself in this muddle. Already Chinese lending to the world is about equal to these developmental banks. With the new banks, they could avoid West influence all together.

China has lent $1.5 trillion to the world (US being the major beneficiary).
 
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IMF, IBM, Microsoft, Iphone, Human right will find China as new location.
 
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IMF would be disbanded if that were allowed to be happened.
 
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How does it matter if it is situated in Beijing? Its shareholding is already fixed and China is no where near the majority to influence it. It's better for China to build it's own bank (like AIIB and others) than involve itself in this muddle. Already Chinese lending to the world is about equal to these developmental banks. With the new banks, they could avoid West influence all together.

China has lent $1.5 trillion to the world (US being the major beneficiary).
Hahahaha look. At these squeling Indians. The economy is fcked, the virus is growing.... Damn... Supapowa indeed
 
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