Reserves
New York Fed's Foreign Exchange Operations Report
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Treasury and Federal Reserve Foreign Exchange Operations quarterly report for January-March 2007, published 3 May, the U.S. monetary authorities did not intervene in the foreign exchange markets during…
BCV director says reserves will rebound
Jose Felix Rivas Alvarado, director of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), told the official news agency Friday 11 May that although Venezuela's international reserves fell during the last few months, the fall is attributable to specific factors.
IMF paper: Jordan's international reserve position
This IMF Working Paper uses several traditional measures of reserves adequacy to compare Jordan's reserve holdings with other emerging market countries.
PBOC's Zhou unsure on reserves trend
The governor of the People's Bank of China said in Switzerland Monday 7 May the outlook for China's foreign reserves remains unclear following a big increase in the Q1.
China, Japan, Korea to pool some reserves - report
Bloomberg reported on Friday 4 May that China, Japan and South Korea have agreed to combine some of their foreign-exchange reserves in order to prevent any repeat of the crisis that hit Asia a decade ago.
Europe's central banks offloading gold
According to this article published Thursday 3 May by FMarena, with European central banks selling gold heavily recently, they might actually sell up to their quota.
The changing role of sovereign wealth managers
An overview of recent developments in this emerging field of international finance, Malan Rietveld and Robert Pringle
How do we manage the reserves held by the Bank of Japan?
Toshio Idesawa of the bank of Japan explains how the central bank's approach to managing its reserves is changing
PBOC raises reserve ratio
The People's Bank of China has ordered major commercial banks to set aside more money in reserves in a move to slow its economy.
PBOC proposes bond issue to buy forex reserves
China's state media quoted a People's Bank of China official as saying Wednesday 25 April that the planned FX reserve agency should issue special treasury bonds to buy reserves to invest abroad.
Zhou Xiaochuan, the one million dollar man
What can you do in one minute? Add $1 million to China's currency reserves, according to this recent article from Bloomberg. 'Simply stunning,' according to one economist who predicts big problems if things don't change.
India's infrastructure could benefit from reserves
According to this article from Rediff News, published Monday 16 April, India is looking at the idea of using foreign exchange reserves for infrastructure investment.
China's FX reserves past $1.2T
China's foreign reserves have risen past $1.2 trillion, a state news agency said Thursday 12 April, amid surging trade and plans to create a multibillion-dollar company to invest some of the stockpile.
Asean looking at ways to use growing FX reserves
South-East Asian nations plan to jointly set up a fund to finance infrastructure by exploiting heavy capital inflows, a senior Thai finance ministry official told reporters Monday 2 April.
Economist calls for more speed on China FX
China should step up efforts to establish its promised foreign exchange investment agency in order to strengthen macroeconomic controls, a prominent government economist said on Sunday 1 April.
Uganda's Opiokello on risk management
In the speech 'Business continuity and risk management regional workshop in Uganda' given on 5 February David Opiokello of the Bank of Uganda said regional efforts towards a common monetary and political union of the countries in the region continue.
Central banks can't break gold link
According to this article published by Miningmx this week, gold holdings by central banks have declined to their lowest level in 60 years.
Bernanke says Chinese $ holdings not problem
China`s accumulation of United States debt is not a problem for the US or for the Federal Reserve monetary policy, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said in a letter dated 16 March but released on Monday 27 March.
Zhou says China to stop accumulating reserves
China will stop increasing its huge foreign exchange reserves, People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan said in an interview published Tuesday 20 March.
China's Wen says investment won't affect dollar
China's prime minister, Wen Jiabao, tried to reassure the world about the country's financial goals Friday 16 March, saying the planned company to invest some of the $1 trillion in reserves won't affect dollar-denominated assets.
Brazil plans to attract China's foreign reserves
The Brazilian government plans to tell the Chinese authorities that it is interested in attracting a share of China's foreign reserves, Brazilian financial newspaper, Valor Economico reported Wednesday 14 March.
China's giant new investment agency
According to this article from BusinessWeek Online, published Tuesday 13 March, China's soon-to-be state investment arm will be a major asset-management entity globally.
Report says China to continue buying US Treasuries
China will continue to purchase US Treasuries after the new foreign exchange investment agency begins operations, The Standard reported Monday 12 March, citing central bank vice governor Wu Xiaoling.
China announces reserve fund plan
China's finance minister announced Friday 9 March the country is creating an investment company to make more profitable use of its $1 trillion in foreign currency reserves.