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National central banks of the Group of
Ten (G10)
The Group of Ten or G-10 refers to the
group of countries that have agreed to participate in the General
Arrangements to Borrow (GAB). The GAB was established in 1962, when the
governments of eight International Monetary Fund (IMF) members—Belgium,
Canada, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and
the United States—and the central banks of two others, Germany and
Sweden, agreed to make resources available to the IMF for drawings by
participants, and, under certain circumstances, for drawings by
nonparticipants. The GAB was strengthened in 1964 by the association of
Switzerland, then a nonmember of the Fund, but the name of the G10
remained the same (G7 + Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland). The
following international organizations are official observers of the
activities of the G10: The Bank for International Settlements (BIS),
European Commission, IMF, and OECD.
The Group of Ten signed the Smithsonian Agreement in December 1971,
replacing the world's fixed exchange rate regime with a floating
exchange rate regime.
Luxembourg is also an associate member.
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Group of Ten Members
Belgium
Canada
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
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