Illustrative Currency Amounts in New Special Drawing Right (SDR) Basket
As of August 1, 2016
The IMF publishes illustrative currency amounts in the lead up to the transition date to assist SDR users in preparing for the changeover to the new SDR valuation basket. The table below shows illustrative currency amounts based on the exchange rates for the three-month ending August 1, 2016. Details of the calculations are in this Excel file.
Table 1. Calculation of Illustrative Currency Amounts
(Assumed Transition Date = August 1, 2016)
| Currency | Percentage Weights1 | Base Period Average Exchange Rates (BEX)2 | Transition Date Exchange Rates (TEX) on August 1, 2016 |
Illustrative Currency Amounts3 | U.S. Dollar Equivalents on August 1, 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. dollar | 41.73 | 1 | 1 | 0.58477 | 0.584770 |
| Euro | 30.93 | 1.12051 | 1.1164 | 0.38681 | 0.431835 |
| Chinese yuan | 10.92 | 0.151240 | 0.150439 | 1.0118 | 0.152214 |
| Japanese yen | 8.33 | 0.00942832 | 0.00978378 | 12.381 | 0.121133 |
| Pound sterling | 8.09 | 1.39687 | 1.3181 | 0.081158 | 0.106974 |
| SDR1 = US$ 1.396934 | |||||
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Source: IMF Finance Department 1/ See Decision No. 15891-(15/109), adopted on November 30, 2015. 2/ Calculation is based on average exchange rates for the three-month period up to August 1, 2016. 3/ See http://www.imf.org/external/pp/longres.aspx?id=5055 for details on calculation and rounding of currency amounts. 4/ The value in U.S. dollars of one SDR, rounded to six significant digits. |
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