How is the value of one SDR calculated?

The IMF takes fixed amounts of each of the 5 basket currencies and converts those amounts to US dollars using that day's market exchange rates. The sum of those converted amounts is the SDR's US dollar value for that business day. The result is published daily at imf.org and changes with every movement in the underlying exchange rates between the 5 basket currencies.

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