What does SDR stand for?

Special Drawing Rights (of the International Monetary Fund)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The president's office estimated the gas bill at $470 million, and said it was paid in part using special drawing rights (SDR) provided by the IMF in August-September.

Ukraine: Gazprom: Naftogaz Ukrainy paid for gas delivered in Oct

The Board of Governors of the Fund has ratified a general allocation of Special Drawing Rights to provide liquidity support to the global economic system by supplementing the foreign exchange reserves of member countries, including Jamaica.

IMF liquidity grant

Aa It added that the funding took place through the allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) to IMF members that are participants in the SDRs Department in proportion to their existing quotas in the fund, which are based broadly on their relative size in the global economy.

Lebanon receives $298 million in reserves from IMF program

348 million of the IMF's special drawing rights (SDR), or about 241 million dollars.

IMF approves Ivory Coast poverty reduction loan

Zhou suggested that the IMF's Special Drawing Rights, a currency basket comprising dollars, euros, sterling and yen, could serve as a super-sovereign reserve currency, adding it would not be easily influenced by the policies of individual countries.

British PM brushes off China's currency call

Japan's foreign exchange reserves consist mainly of securities and deposits denominated in foreign currencies, gold, and reserve positions and special drawing rights with the International Monetary Fund.

LEAD: Feb. foreign reserves down on bond falls, but top $1 tril

Byline: babalu03 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has proposed that Ukraine could use Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), which the National Bank of Ukraine received from the IMF in August and September, to pay for Russian gas delivered in October, Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has told European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.

Ukraine : Ukraine could use IMF-provided SDRs to pay for Russian gas

There will also be a new credit package worth $250 billion to improve trade flows and $250 billion in special drawing rights for countries.

G20's Crisis Bargain: Big Spending, Clamp Down on Financial Markets