The contributions will support efforts like the provision of debt relief to Sudan. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

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(1) The value of the U.S. dollar in terms of the SDR is the recip rocal of the sum of the dollar values, based on market exchange rates, of specified quant ities of the first four currencies shown.

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 ...

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 ...