SDRs Exchanged for Hard Currency and SDRs Used for IMF Debt Relief, August 2021–July 2022, by Month (USD millions) Special Drawing Rights were used heavily after the allocation and saw consistent use in the months that followed
The exchange rate used is SDR 1=1.4 USD. August data is from August 23 to 31, 2021. SDRs exchanged for hard currency are from the IMF member countries identified as having that use; this does not include any SDRs obtained by any of these countries. Exchange or IMF debt relief uses of SDRs are not necessarily additive with fiscal uses.