Proposal For a General Allocation of Special Drawing Rights

July 12, 2021

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Proposal For a General Allocation of Special Drawing Rights, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2021) accessed September 18, 2024

Summary

On June 25, the Executive Board discussed a proposal for a historic US$650 billion general allocation of SDRs to address the long-term global need to supplement existing reserve assets. Following concurrence by the Executive Board on July 8, the Managing Director submitted the proposal to the Board of Governors on July 9 for its approval by August 2. If approved, which requires an 85 percent majority of the total voting power, the allocation would become effective by the end of August. The proposal makes a case for an allocation of US$650 billion (about SDR 456 billion), based on an assessment of IMF member countries’ long-term global reserve needs. It also includes measures to enhance the transparency and accountability in the reporting and use of SDRs while preserving the reserve asset characteristic of the SDR. The general allocation would help many EMDCs that are liquidity constrained smooth needed adjustment and avoid distortionary policies, while providing scope for spending on crisis response and vaccines.

Subject: Assessing reserve adequacy (ARA), Central banks, External position, Freely usable currencies, Monetary policy, Money, Political economy, Reserve assets, Reserve currencies, Reserve positions

Keywords: Allocation in an amount equivalent, Allocation of special drawing rights, Asia and Pacific, Assessing reserve adequacy (ARA), COVID-19 Crisis, Freely usable currencies, Global, I. SDR, Reserve assets, Reserve currencies, Reserve positions, SDR, SDRS trade, Use of SDR

Publication Details

Pages:

48
Volume:

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Series:

Policy Paper No. 2021/049
Stock No:

PPEA2021049
ISBN:

9781513583549
ISSN:

2663-3493

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