South Korea: Foreign exchange reserves
(measure: billion U.S. Dollar, source: Korean Economic Statistics System)
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Foreign exchange reserves, billion currency units in South Korea, May, 2019:
For that indicator, Korean Economic Statistics System provides data for South Korea from 1960 to 2019. The average value for South Korea during that period was 90.84 billion U.S. Dollar with a minumum of 0.11 billion U.S. Dollar in June 1963 and a maximum of 405.51 billion U.S. Dollar in January 2019.
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Measure: billion U.S. Dollar
Source: Korean Economic Statistics System
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.
