* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Foreign exchange reserves, billion currency units in the USA, December, 2018:
For that indicator, The Federal Reserve Bank provides data for the USA from 1960 to Q4 2018. The average value for the USA during that period was 58.25 billion U.S. Dollar with a minumum of 12.13 billion U.S. Dollar in August 1971 and a maximum of 153.08 billion U.S. Dollar in September 2012.
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Measure: billion U.S. Dollar
Source: The Federal Reserve Bank
Source: The Federal Reserve Bank
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.
