The new four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Ukraine from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), totaling SDR 5.94 billion (approximately $8.1 billion), includes an immediate first tranche of ...

In August, the International Monetary Fund announced the largest allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) in its history. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the allocation, worth about ...

IMF credit is extended to its members in both currencies and SDRs. Credit extended in currencies is financed from the quota resources made available to the IMF by members, and essentially involves a ...

IMF, SDRs and more sabre rattling. The talk about the need for an alternative to the USD continues – or it doesn’t, depending on which Chinese official you speak to on the day ...

The IMF became a major source of economic recovery financing post-COVID-19 pandemic, but repayments and interest are now tightening fiscal space across the continent Global IMF debt stood at SDR 118 ...

Late Monday night the IMF announced the results of its five-yearly review of the composition and weightings of Special Drawing Rights. The surprise – or not – is that very little will change from ...