Illustrative Currency Amounts in New Special Drawing Right (SDR) Basket
As of June 17, 2022
The IMF publishes illustrative currency amounts in the lead up to the transition date to assist SDR users in preparing for the changeover to the new SDR valuation basket. The table below shows illustrative currency amounts based on the exchange rates for the three-month ending June 17, 2022. Details of the calculations are in this Excel file.
Table 1. Calculation of Illustrative Currency Amounts
(Assumed Transition Date = June 17, 2022)
| Currency | Percentage Weights1 | Base Period Average Exchange Rates (BEX)2 | Transition Date Exchange Rates (TEX) on June 17, 2022 |
Illustrative Currency Amounts3 | U.S. Dollar Equivalents on June 17, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. dollar | 43.38 | 1 | 1 | 0.58778 | 0.587780 |
| Euro | 29.31 | 1.07310 | 1.05205 | 0.37008 | 0.389343 |
| Chinese yuan | 12.28 | 0.152175 | 0.149151 | 1.0934 | 0.163082 |
| Japanese yen | 7.59 | 0.00784089 | 0.00742997 | 13.116 | 0.097452 |
| Pound sterling | 7.44 | 1.27063 | 1.23000 | 0.079337 | 0.097585 |
| SDR1 = US$ 1.3352404 | |||||
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Source: IMF Finance Department 1/ See Decision No. 17247-(22/44), adopted on May 11, 2022. . 2/ Calculation is based on average exchange rates for the three-month period up to June 17, 2022. 3/ See here for details on calculation and rounding of currency amounts. 4/ The value in U.S. dollars of one SDR, rounded to six significant digits. |
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