Occasional Papers

The Role of the SDR in the International Monetary System

By Juanita Roushdy

March 19, 1987

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Juanita Roushdy. The Role of the SDR in the International Monetary System, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1987) accessed September 18, 2024

Summary

In the years since the SDR was created, the international monetary system has experienced a number of profound changes. The present paper sketches the effects of these changes on perceptions of the role that the SDR can and should play in that system.

Subject: Asset and liability management, Central banks, Commodities, Currencies, Gold, International liquidity, International monetary system, International reserves, Money, Reserve assets

Keywords: Allocation of SDR, Component currency, Currencies, Currency, Ecu, ECU bond, Europe, Global, Gold, International liquidity, International monetary system, International reserves, Market, OP, Reserve assets, Reserve system, Reserve-currency country, SDR, SDR denomination, SDR mechanism, SDR system, The Fund, U.S. dollar, Unit of account, Valuation basket

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    69

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Occasional Paper No. 1987/002

  • Stock No:

    S051EA0000000

  • ISBN:

    9780939934812

  • ISSN:

    0251-6365