This paper provides an update on the status of the Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) trading market and operations. For more than three decades, SDRs have exclusively been exchanged for freely usable ...

IMF credit is extended to its members in both currencies and SDRs. Credit extended in currencies is financed from the quota resources made available to the IMF by members, and essentially involves a ...

The IMF became a major source of economic recovery financing post-COVID-19 pandemic, but repayments and interest are now tightening fiscal space across the continent Global IMF debt stood at SDR 118 ...

IMF, SDRs and more sabre rattling. The talk about the need for an alternative to the USD continues – or it doesn’t, depending on which Chinese official you speak to on the day ...