Member countries have an absolute claim on the IMF upto the amountof gold subscriptions they have made. In operational terms, they can draw this amount (= 25% of their quota) from IMF any time. This is called ‘reserve tranche’ or “gold tranche” and is treated as the reserve of the country concerned. However, this sum is reimbursed to the IMF within a specified period varying from 3 months to 5 years.
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