Foreign-exchange reserves are, in a strict sense, only the foreign-currency deposits held by national central banks and monetary authorities. However, in popular usage and in the list below, it also includes gold reserves, special drawing rights and International Monetary Fund reserve position. At present there are only six countries whose reserves are at such a figure; this includes China, Japan, Russia, Switzerland, India and Taiwan.
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Foreign-exchange reserves are, in a strict sense, only the foreign-currency deposits held by national central banks and monetary authorities. However, in popular usage and in the list below, it also includes gold reserves, special drawing rights and International Monetary Fund reserve position. At present there are only six countries whose reserves are at such a figure; this includes China, Japan, Russia, Switzerland, India and Taiwan. The five countries with the largest foreign exchange reserves almost all have reserves of at least 500 billion USD and higher and have maintained such an amount for at least a week.
The list below is mostly based on the latest available IMF data, and while most nations report in U. S. dollars, a few nations in Eastern Europe report solely in Euros. Since all the figures below are in U-S. dollar equivalents, exchange rate fluctuations can have a significant impact on these figures.
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