IMF Gets Hundreds of Billions More for Emergency Loans

  　　Nations around the world are pledging more money for emergency loans to help member nations of the International Monetary¹ Fund cope with any new economic crisis.

　　The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said the members of the IMF have made commitments to provide as much as $430 billion for loans to help members through economic difficulties.

　　"We have commitment North of [more than] $430 billion, and that almost doubles the lending capacity of the fund," said Lagarde.

　　She spoke² Friday in Washington after meetings with Central Bank Governors and Finance Ministers from the world's 20 leading economies.  G20 officials said the pledges were part of a broad international consensus³, and came from a significant number of nations.

　　"It really shows the resolve of the international community to have available the tools in the tool kit⁴ to  resist and defend against crisis," said Lagarde.

　　Those tools also include efforts to better manage spending, debt, interest rates, and other economic policies to encourage growth.

　　Concerns about Europe's economic troubles have been a major topic this week among finance officials gathered in Washington for semi-annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

　　Earlier, IMF experts said Europe's continuing debt crisis is the most likely threat to global growth. G20 officials said the money would be available to any of the IMF's 188 member nations, however, not targeted at any particular region.

1 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

4 kit   

n.用具包，成套工具；随身携带物

参考例句：

• The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
• The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。