Guidance Note for Fund Staff on the Treatment and Use of SDR Allocations

August 23, 2021

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Guidance Note for Fund Staff on the Treatment and Use of SDR Allocations, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2021) accessed November 13, 2024

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Summary

This Note provides guidance for staff on the treatment and use of allocations of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). It presents a consistent framework for IMF country teams to assess the macroeconomic implications of the SDR allocation at the country level, covering the following areas: • Statistical and accounting treatment. • General macroeconomic implications and advice. • Debt sustainability analysis. • Transparency and accountability. • Reserve management. • Implications for Fund-supported programs.

Subject: Debt sustainability, Debt sustainability analysis, Economic and financial statistics, External debt, External sector statistics, Monetary policy, Political economy, Public debt

Keywords: Allocated SDR, Allocations of special drawing rights, Debt sustainability, Debt sustainability analysis, External sector statistics, Global, SDR liability, SDR position, SDR resource, Transparency policy

Publication Details

Pages:

44
Volume:

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Series:

Policy Paper No. 2021/059
Stock No:

PPEA2021059
ISBN:

9781513593340
ISSN:

2663-3493

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