Bank for International Settlements
The BIS is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of central bank governors from its member countries.
IMF, BIS, SDR, quota, and reserve-tranche concepts used in international monetary finance.
International Monetary Institutions and Liquidity covers central-bank institutions, reserve systems, money aggregates, liquidity facilities, and policy tools that affect interest rates, bank funding, currencies, and financial-market conditions.
Use these pages when a finance question depends on a policy rate, reserve requirement, central-bank balance sheet, liquidity operation, money-supply measure, or official monetary institution. It sits inside Central Banking and Reserves, so readers can move up when the broader economics context matters.
This landing page points readers toward Bank for International Settlements, International Monetary Fund (IMF), IMF Quotas, Special Drawing Rights (SDR), and Reserve Tranche Position. Choose the narrower page when the term changes the evidence source, calculation, institution, market convention, risk exposure, or decision being made.
| Area | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Bank for International Settlements | The BIS is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of central bank governors from its member countries. |
| International Monetary Fund (IMF) | The International Monetary Fund supports global monetary cooperation through surveillance, lending programs, reserve assets, and technical assistance. |
| IMF Quotas | IMF Quotas are the capital subscriptions, or financial contributions, made by member countries to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). |
| Special Drawing Rights (SDR) | Special drawing rights are IMF reserve assets based on a basket of major currencies and used in official-sector liquidity management. |
| Reserve Tranche Position | The portion of a member country’s required quota that can be accessed without conditions, within the International Monetary Fund (IMF) framework. |
Central-bank terms are educational context; they are not rate forecasts or recommendations to borrow, lend, trade, or invest.
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The BIS is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of central bank governors from its member countries.
IMF Quotas are the capital subscriptions, or financial contributions, made by member countries to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The International Monetary Fund supports global monetary cooperation through surveillance, lending programs, reserve assets, and technical assistance.
The portion of a member country's required quota that can be accessed without conditions, within the International Monetary Fund (IMF) framework.
Special drawing rights are IMF reserve assets based on a basket of major currencies and used in official-sector liquidity management.