Reserves
Central banks invest in riskier assets
Just under half of the central banks responding to a recent survey have increased their investments in "new" asset classes in the past year.
Big reserve holders in Asia
The president of the Asian Development Bank, Haruhiko Kuroda, told Dow Jones newswires yesterday that "emerging economies in Asia are well advised to decelerate the accumulation of foreign exchange reserves". "Many of them have more than enough", he said.
German gold debate rages on
The debate in Germany about the Bundesbank's gold reserves and salary bonuses is continuing.
German govt, Bundesbank set for gold clash
A long-simmering squabble between the German government and the Bundesbank over the use of Germany's massive gold reserves may come to the boil again as a result of new legislation drafted by the finance ministry, the Financial Times reported.
Report says Germany may create gold sale fund
Germany may create a special fund for the proceeds of Bundesbank gold sales in a move which could help ease central bank opposition to the sale of part of its huge reserves, according to a draft law quoted by Reuters on Thursday 2 February.
Barbados's Williams on foreign exchange reserves
In the speech 'Foreign exchange reserves - how much is enough?' given on 2 November Marion Williams of the Central Bank of Barbados said we need to develop new measures of foreign exchange adequacy, with some urgency, before we can draw conclusions as to…
So much forex reserve, is it a blessing?
After recent figures showed China is not far behind Japan, the world's largest holder of foreign exchange reserves, this article published on Thursday 26 January asks: is it a blessing to have such an enormous forex reserve?
Report says CB gold sales won't meet quota
HSBC analyst Alan Williamson told Dow Jones on Friday 27 January that European central banks are highly unlikely to sell the total 2,500 tons of gold allowed under the current agreement.
Zhou says dollar weighting less than 50%
The weighting of the dollar in China's currency basket used as a reference to value the yuan is "much less than 50 percent," according to the People's Bank of China governor.
Iran clarifies rumours on reserves shift, gold
Mohammad-Jaafar Mojarrad, Iran's central bank vice-governor, told the Financial Times on Tuesday that Tehran had withdrawn foreign reserves from Italian banks but not from other parts of Europe.
PBOC will make better use of yuan band
China intends to use of the yuan's six-month old trading band in a better way, rather than doing another one-off revaluation, a senior Chinese central banker said on Wednesday 25 Janaury.
Foreign reserves: a dilemma of success
According to this article published Friday 20 January, China is caught in a dilemma between relieving the pressure for the yuan's value to rise and tempering the growth of money supply.
Thailand to host ACD forum in April
The Asian Co-operation Dialogue (ACD) forum will take place in Bangkok from 30 April-1 May.
Iran confirms reserves transfer
The head of the Central Bank of Iran has indicated that Tehran has already started shifting its foreign hard currency reserves amid the threat of sanctions, Iranian media reported on Friday 20 January .
IMF repayment hits Brazil's reserves
Brazil's international reserves stood at US$ 53.8 billion at year-end 2005, down US$ 10.5 billion from November, the central bank said.
BOT may get new responsibility under new bill
If approved by parliament, the new Bank of Thailand (BOT) bill will widen the authority of the central bank in managing international reserves.
Is China accumulating too much foreign cash?
According to this article published on Monday 16 January, with China's reserves now approaching the level of Japanese holdings, there are fears that this vast hoard of foreign exchange exposes the country to risks that could undermine future growth.
Mexican reserves will protect in election campaign
Mexico's large currency reserves offer protection against the risk that the peso could be destabilised during the country's presidential campaign, a regional Fed president said Friday.
US's Snow says some dollar reserves shift normal
U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Friday 13 January some countries' movement of reserves out of dollar-denominated assets would have only a small impact on U.S. markets.
China's forex reserves rise to $819 bn
China's foreign exchange reserves grew nearly $50 billion in the last quarter of 2005 to reach $819 billion, making it likely China will exceed Japan's reserves by the end of the year.
China: No plan to sell dollar assets, buy oil
China has no plan to sell off its US dollar assets, the head of the People's Bank of China, Zhou Xiaochuan, was quoted as saying in the official Shanghai Securities News.
How long can BoU reserves go without aid?
This article published on Wednesday 11 January asks how big are the Bank of Uganda's reserves? And how far can the country run until the financial tank shows 'empty?'
Venezuela sees reserves up by 25 percent
Venezuela closed the 2005 fiscal year with foreign reserves above US$ 30.3 billion, the third highest in Latin America, according to a report authored by Aristimuo Herrera & Asociados.
Ukraine's reserves more than double in 2005
The gross foreign reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) grew 2.04 times in 2005 - from $9.5249 billion to $19.39476 billion.