Here are the 10 countries with the largest foreign currency reserve assets. All figures are as of November 2024 unless otherwise stated. Sources: IMF and Central Bank of the Republic of China ...

Many countries hold large reserves of gold as part of their central banks’ assets, providing protection against currency fluctuations, foreign currencies valuations and economic changes.

For example, Japan can draw from its own reserves of the U.S. dollar to buy its own currency, the yen. For the U.S., the largest reserve holdings of foreign currency are euros and yen. The U.S ...

list of reserve currencies. China’s yuan (RMB) is the first new currency to join the list since the euro was launched, and represents a significant moment in the development of China as a global ...