The Role of the SDR in the International Monetary System

Juanita Roushdy

No 1987/002, IMF Occasional Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: OP; ecu; currency; U.S. dollar; SDR; market; The Fund; valuation basket; component currency; SDR system; ECU bond; SDR denomination; Currencies; International monetary system; Reserve assets; International reserves; Gold; Global; Europe; reserve system; unit of account; SDR mechanism; reserve-currency country; allocation of SDR; International liquidity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 69
Date: 1987-03-19
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