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Special Drawing Right and Currency Risk Management

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  • Khalifa Hassanain

    (Research Division, Islamic Research and Training Institute/Islamic, Development Bank, P. O. Box 9201 Jeddah 21413, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

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Special drawing right (SDR) valuation is done in terms of currency amounts of the four international reserve currencies, namely the US Dollar (USD), the Euro, the Japanese Yen and the pound sterling. Currencies included in the SDR calculations are determined on the basis of the value of export of goods and services over the past 5 years. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Rule O-2(a) defi nes the value of the USD in terms of the SDR as the reciprocal of the sum of the equivalents in USDs of the amounts of the currencies in the SDR basket. Each USD equivalent is calculated on the basis of the middle rate between the buying and selling exchange rates at noon in the London market, or New York market or on the basis of euro reference rates published by the European Central Bank depending upon availability. For other currencies, SDR rates are based on SDR-USD rate and USD-other currency rate. Currency rates in terms of USD as reported by the issuing central banks is different from the SDR-USD rate based on London market, this difference cause the SDR to have different dollar values. It can potentially create spurious translation movements, even for a perfectly hedged position. In this study, we assess the impact of different exchange rate quotations for SDR calculations on SDR as a unit of account. Specifi cally we look at the long-run behavior and the short run dynamics of the difference between SDR as done by the IMF and on basis of London market and look at the implications for SDR as a unit of account and for currency risk management for multilateral development banks that use SDR as a unit of account.

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  • Khalifa Hassanain, 2015. "Special Drawing Right and Currency Risk Management," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, vol. 5(3), pages 780-785.
    • Handle: RePEc:eco:journ1:2015-03-18
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    • F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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