IMF Working Papers

Fund Transactions and Reserve Creation

By Samir Fawzi

December 1, 1992

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Samir Fawzi. Fund Transactions and Reserve Creation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1992) accessed September 19, 2024
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Summary

This paper describes the effects of Fund transactions on members’ external reserves, estimates the net reserve creation or absorption by the Fund in the 1980s, and compares the role of the Fund in this respect with that of other sources of international reserves.

Subject: Central banks, Currencies, Freely usable currencies, International reserves, Money, Reserve assets, Reserve positions

Keywords: Currencies, Currency exchange, Deutsche mark, Foreign exchange, Freely usable currencies, Fund resource, Fund transaction, International reserves, Reserve assets, Reserve positions, SDR conversion, SDR holding, SDR transaction, SDR transfer, Tranche position, Usable currency, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    28

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1992/107

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA1071992

  • ISBN:

    9781451946741

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

Notes

Describes the effects of Fund transactions on members' external reserves and estimates the net reserve creation or absorption by the Fund in the 1980s.