Technical Notes and Manuals

How to Record the Allocations of Special Drawing Rights in Government Finance Statistics

June 7, 2022

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How to Record the Allocations of Special Drawing Rights in Government Finance Statistics, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2022) accessed November 21, 2024

Disclaimer: This Technical Guidance Note should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Note are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.

Summary

This note provides statistical guidance to IMF staff and country authorities on the recording of the 2021 general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) in the government finance statistics (GFS), which is also applicable to previous SDR allocations. SDR allocations received by members are recorded as a liability in the form of SDR allocations vis-à-vis the SDR Department of the IMF, which is part of gross debt of the public sector unit (Ministry of Finance/Treasury or central bank or other publicly controlled entity) on whose balance sheet SDRs are recorded, with a corresponding entry for SDR holdings as a financial asset. No transfer of wealth occurs due to the SDR allocation. It should be stressed that the statistical guidelines do not specify on whose balance sheet SDR holdings and allocations should be recorded, as this decision is determined by the member’s domestic legal and institutional arrangements.

Subject: Expenditure, External debt, Fiscal policy, Foreign exchange, Money, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Allocation of SDR, Allocations of special drawing rights, Balance sheet SDR holding, Currencies, Financial statements, Fiscal policy analysis, Fiscal statistics, GFS recording, Global, Government finance division, Gross debt, Interest payments, SDR allocation, SDRs, Special drawing rights

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    19

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  • Series:

    Technical Notes and Manuals No. 2022/003

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    TNMEA2022003

  • ISBN:

    9798400209512

  • ISSN:

    2075-8669

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