Rate of Charge and Burden Sharing Adjustments issued during:


SDR Interest Rate, Rate of Remuneration, Rate of Charge and Burden Sharing Adjustments

January 30, 2012

The rates used by the IMF to pay interest and levy charges for each financial quarter are shown here.

The SDR interest rate, calculated every week, is the primary rate from which other rates are derived. This rate is used to pay interest and levy charges on SDR holdings and SDR allocations, respectively.

The basic rate of remuneration is equal to the SDR interest rate. The basic rate of charge is equal to the SDR interest rate, plus a fixed margin that is set annually by the IMF Executive Board. Both rates are further adjusted under the burden sharing mechanism for the financial consequences of protracted arrears.

Members' remunerated reserve tranche positions are paid interest (remuneration) at the adjusted rate of remuneration. Charges on members' outstanding use of IMF credit are levied at the adjusted rate of charge.

SDR Interest Rate, Rate of Remuneration, Rate of Charge and Burden Sharing Adjustments

  
  
      Rate for   Average Rate in   Average Rate in  
      Current Week   Current Quarter   Previous Quarter  
      1/30/2012   11/1/2011   8/1/2011  
      2/5/2012   1/31/2012   10/31/2011  
  

SDR Interest Rate

         0.14         0.16         0.35  
               

Rate of Remuneration:

              
Basic Rate 1/   0.14   0.16   0.35  
Adjustment for deferred charges 2/       0.00         0.00         0.00  
                 
Adjusted Rate of Remuneration       0.14         0.16         0.35  
                 

Rate of Charge:

              

Basic rate 1/

   1.14   1.16   1.35  

Adjustment for deferred charges 2/

       0.00         0.00         0.00  
                 

Adjusted Rate of Charge

       1.14         1.16         1.35  
  

1/ The rate of remuneration is the same as the SDR interest rate. For FY 2012 (May 1, 2011 - April 30, 2012), the rate of charge is equal to the SDR interest rate plus 100 basis points.

  

2/ The rate of remuneration and the rate of charge are further adjusted for the financial consequences of protracted arrears under the burden sharing mechanism. The adjustments for the current quarter are estimates only and are finalized after the end of the financial quarter (July 31, October 31, January 31 and April 30). The burden sharing adjustments are rounded to two decimal places and any rounding differences are carried forward into future quarters. For the quarter ended January 31, 2012, the unpaid charges were fully offset by amounts carried forward from prior periods, and thus result in no adjustment for the quarter.