currency reserves
31World currency — In the foreign exchange market and international finance, a world currency or global currency refers to a currency in which the vast majority of international transactions take place and which serves as the world s primary reserve currency.A… …
32Reserve Currency — A foreign currency held by central banks and other major financial institutions as a means to pay off international debt obligations, or to influence their domestic exchange rate. A large percentage of commodities, such as gold and oil, are… …
33foreign exchange reserves — UK US noun [plural] (also international reserves, also foreign currency reserves, also foreign reserves) FINANCE, ECONOMICS ► the amounts of money in foreign currencies that a country has at a particular time: »The stock market recently hit… …
34Working Reserves — Reserves held by banks above the required minimum level or cash reserve ratio mandated by regulations and laws. Working reserves are normally in the form of vault currency, deposits at other banks, cash being collected and excess reserves held as …
35List of countries by foreign exchange reserves — Foreign exchange reserves (also called Forex reserves) in a strict sense are only the foreign currency deposits held by central banks and monetary authorities. However, the term foreign exchange reserves in popular usage (such as this list)… …
36Fiat currency — The terms fiat currency and fiat money relate to types of currency or money whose usefulness results, not from any intrinsic value or guarantee that it can be converted into gold or another currency, but instead from a government s order (fiat)… …
37Circulation (currency) — The social system in which we live has usually developed to the stage for money to be used as the medium for the exchange of goods and services. Hence the money is an important aspect of the general social or macroeconomics system. To better… …
38History of copper currency in Sweden — The Swedish Empire had the greatest and most numerous copper mines in Europe as it entered into its pre eminance in the early 17th century as an emerging Great Power. Through poor fiscal policies and in part the Treaty of Älvsborg, Sweden lost… …
39Local currency — See Emissions Reduction Currency System for community based initiatives aimed at emission reduction Numismatics Terminology …
40International Reserves — Any kind of reserve funds that can be passed between the central banks of different countries. International reserves are an acceptable form of payment between these banks. The reserves themselves can either be gold or else a specific currency,… …
