The stomach has an internal lining, or mucous membrane, called the gastric mucosa. The mucosa must create hydrochloric acid to break down food, but also protect itself from the acidic contents that it creates. This delicate balance is controlled by three different glands in the lining of the stomach.
The IMF, the SDR, and the Dollar: One Big Happy. The SDR is a fake currency issued by the International Monetary Fund. It was invented in 1969, the first year of the Nixon administration. It was a stop-gap measure to save the fixed exchange rate system of currencies, which came into existence in 1946, when the 1944 Bretton Woods system was implemented.
Special Drawing Right SDR. April 21, 2017. The SDR is an international reserve asset, created by the IMF in 1969 to supplement its member countriesâ official reserves. As of March 2016, 204.1 billion SDRs (equivalent to about $285 billion) had been created and allocated to members. SDRs can be exchanged for freely usable currencies.