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WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund approved Friday the sale of a limited amount of its gold to help provide loans to poor countries and shore up its finances.
The fund’s executive board said it decided to sell “a volume strictly limited to 403.3 metric tons” — one-eighth of its holdings — in a way that does not disrupt the sale of gold in commodity markets, which already were expecting the sale and discounted the IMF decision.
