Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Updated Special Drawing Right (SDR)

The IMF's 5 year "re-basketing" of fiat currencies shows a 2.1% drop in USD's.

http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10434.htm

U.S. dollar 41.9 percent (compared with 44 percent at the 2005 review)

Euro 37.4 percent (compared with 34 percent at the 2005 review)

Pound sterling 11.3 percent (compared with 11 percent at the 2005 review)

Japanese yen 9.4 percent (compared with 11 percent at the 2005 review)

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  1. Here is the 51 page PDF http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2010/102610.pdf

    IV.3. One-Week OIS rate and Official SDR Interest Rate shows a negative interest rate for the SDR!

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