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the central bank maintains foreign exchange reserves in order to promote international trade and stabilise exchange rates
Forex reserve or Foreign exchange reserves are only the foreign currency deposits and bonds held by central banks and monetary authorities. A country needs Foreign exchange reserves as it is important indicator of nation's ability to repay foreign debt and also for currency defense. It is also used to determine credit ratings of nations.
Central banks use reserves in 2 ways: 1) They acquire (buy) foreign currency, often US Dollars, with their currency to keep their currency relatively weak and so enhance exports. This is what the US is acusing China of doing. 2) They use their foreign reserves to buy their own currency and support if from falling in value. This is what happened, with limited temporary success and eventual failure in Asian currencies, such as the Thai Baht, in 1997.
The USA does have foreign exchange reserves. Their latest holding for November 2007 is $45.973 B and is published at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/bulletin/1207assets.htm The USA also has Special drawing rights of $9,536 B on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and determined by the IMF by a weighted average of exchange rates for the currencies of various member countries. There are also holdings of gold and positions in the IMF to give total US reserve assets of $ 71 B.
The advantages of floating exchange rates are: Flexibility and automatic adjustment, Flexibility in determining interest rates, Greater insulation from other countriesâ?? economic problems, Lower foreign exchange reserves.
the central bank maintains foreign exchange reserves in order to promote international trade and stabilise exchange rates
Foreign exchange reserves (also called Forex reserves) in a strict sense are only the foreign currency deposits held by central banks and monetary authorities. However, the term foreign exchange reserves in popular usage (such as this list) commonly includes foreign exchange and gold, SDRs and IMF reserve position as this total figure is more readily available, however it is accurately deemed as official reserves or international reserves.
China's foreign exchange reserves is $2.13 trillion
Forex reserve or Foreign exchange reserves are only the foreign currency deposits and bonds held by central banks and monetary authorities. A country needs Foreign exchange reserves as it is important indicator of nation's ability to repay foreign debt and also for currency defense. It is also used to determine credit ratings of nations.
I. H. Kilato has written: 'Foreign exchange management' -- subject(s): Foreign exchange administration, Foreign exchange reserves
$ 302.6 billion as of March 2011
India holds ninth position in terms of foreign-exchange reserves as of may 2012.
Central banks use reserves in 2 ways: 1) They acquire (buy) foreign currency, often US Dollars, with their currency to keep their currency relatively weak and so enhance exports. This is what the US is acusing China of doing. 2) They use their foreign reserves to buy their own currency and support if from falling in value. This is what happened, with limited temporary success and eventual failure in Asian currencies, such as the Thai Baht, in 1997.
The USA does have foreign exchange reserves. Their latest holding for November 2007 is $45.973 B and is published at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/bulletin/1207assets.htm The USA also has Special drawing rights of $9,536 B on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and determined by the IMF by a weighted average of exchange rates for the currencies of various member countries. There are also holdings of gold and positions in the IMF to give total US reserve assets of $ 71 B.
A. E Jasay has written: 'Making currency reserves \\' -- subject(s): Foreign exchange
Ketil Hviding has written: 'Can higher reserves help reduce exchange rate volatility?' -- subject(s): Foreign exchange administration
They are valued according to the gold/foreign currency reserves with which it is backed up. These reserves are kept by central bank and they are increased when issuing new notes.