Special Drawing Right

…agreement to a system called Special Drawing Rights, which in effect created a new kind of international money. He resigned from the Exchequer in 1967, when he was forced to devalue the pound sterling. He then served as home secretary until 1970. In Wilson’s second government in 1974, Callaghan was…

…for purchase are denominated in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), whose value is calculated daily as a weighted average of four currencies: the U.S. dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen, and the British pound sterling. SDRs are an international reserve asset created by the IMF in 1969 to supplement members’ existing…

Quotas are payable partially in Special Drawing Rights (see below Special Drawing Rights) and partially in a country’s own currency. A country’s quota closely approximates its voting power, the amount of foreign exchange it may purchase (Drawing Rights), and its allotment of Special Drawing Rights. The Fund makes its stock…

To deal with the inability of the existing system to create an adequate quantity of reserves without requiring the United States to run large deficits, a new kind of reserve called Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) was devised by the International Monetary Fund.…

… as one of the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights currencies used for intergovernmental loans. The renminbi’s status change took effect in late 2016.

…the gold franc to the Special Drawing Right (SDR), which is the unit of account for many international organizations, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF).