As both special drawing rights (SDRs) and the U.S. dollar have lost their utility as the basic medium of financial exchange, most monetary statistics relate to gold rather than dollars.

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As both gold and the U.S. dollar have lost their utility as the basic medium of financial exchange, most monetary statistics relate to SDRs rather than dollars. The SDR is in effect "paper gold" and represents an average base of value derived from the value of a group of major currencies.

As Both Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) and the U