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Special Drawing Rights
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Special Drawing Rights (SDR)
A form of international reserve assets, created by the IMF in 1967, whose value is based on a portfolio of widely used currencies.

Special Drawing Rights
A reserve currency created by the International Monetary Fund to reduce the pressure on gold and the U.S. dollar in international transactions. It was established in the late 1960s and is mainly used in the IMF's internal accounting. A few currencies are pegged to the SDR; they derive their value from a currency basket consisting of the U.S. dollar, the Japanese yen, the British pound, and the euro.


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Minister of Finance & Public Service Audley Shaw confirmed that Jamaica received an allocation of 74% of its quota of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), reports JIS (Sept.
The increase was largely attributed to a rise in its holdings of special drawing rights at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and valuation gains in the government's holdings of the US Treasuries, the ministry said.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has backed an allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) equivalent to $250 billion to boost global liquidity by supplementing the Fund's 186 member countries' foreign exchange reserves.
 
 
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