This paper provides an update on the status of the SDR trading market and operations one year after the historic fourth general allocation of SDRs. In the repor

This paper provides an update on the status of the SDR trading market and operations. For more than three decades, SDRs have exclusively been exchanged for free

The Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions has been published by the IMF since 1950. It draws on information available to the IMF from

The AREAER provides a description of the foreign exchange arrangements, exchange and trade systems, and capital controls of all IMF Member countries.

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