South Korea: Foreign exchange reserves

(measure: billion U.S. Dollar, source: Korean Economic Statistics System)

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Foreign exchange reserves, billion currency units in South Korea, January 1960 - April 2022:

For that indicator, we provide data for South Korea from January 1960 to April 2022. The average value for South Korea during that period was 106.37 billion U.S. Dollar with a minimum of 0.11 billion U.S. Dollar in June 1963 and a maximum of 469.2 billion U.S. Dollar in October 2021. Click on the following link to see the values of Foreign exchange reserves, billion currency units around the world.

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Measure: billion U.S. Dollar
Source: Korean Economic Statistics System

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.