Philippines: Foreign exchange reserves
(measure: billion U.S. Dollar, source: Central Bank of the Philippines)
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Foreign exchange reserves, billion currency units in the Philippines, January, 2019:
For that indicator, Central Bank of the Philippines provides data for the Philippines from 1960 to 2019. The average value for the Philippines during that period was 17.34 billion U.S. Dollar with a minumum of 0.05 billion U.S. Dollar in December 1961 and a maximum of 86.14 billion U.S. Dollar in September 2016.
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Measure: billion U.S. Dollar
Source: Central Bank of the Philippines
Source: Central Bank of the Philippines
Definition: Foreign exchange reserves consist of foreign currency, deposits denominated in foreign
currency, Monetary Gold, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) and Reserve position in the
International Monetary Fund (IMF). Foreign exchange reserves are held by monetary authorities
to finance trade imbalances, check the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations and address
other issues under the purview of the central bank.
