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FOREIGN EXCHANGE HOLDINGS [6 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Accounting
  • National and International Economics
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Entries in a nation's balance of payments account showing financial flows related to international direct investment, investment in government and private securities, international bank transactions, and changes in official gold holdings and foreign exchange reserves.

CONT

The capital account records the values of the non-financial assets that are acquired, or disposed of, by resident institutional units by engaging in transactions, and shows the change in net worth due to saving and capital transfers or internal bookkeeping transactions linked to production (changes in inventories and consumption of fixed capital).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité nationale
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Compte statistique de la balance des paiements récapitulant les flux financiers liés aux investissements étrangers directs, les investissements dans les titres publics et privés, les transactions bancaires internationales et les mouvements dans les stocks publics d'or et les réserves de devises.

CONT

Le solde du compte capital constitue la différence entre les investissements nationaux à l'étranger et les investissements étrangers au pays.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad nacional
  • Economía nacional e internacional
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Cuenta de la balanza de pagos que refleja los movimientos de capitales correspondientes a las inversiones directas en el extranjero, las inversiones en títulos públicos y privados, las operaciones bancarias internacionales y las variaciones de las reservas públicas en oro y divisas.

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Record 2 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

It is up to head office, through its foreign exchange trading desk or department, to balance the foreign exchange position. If a bank finds itself an over-all seller of foreign exchange, after netting out all the foreign exchange sales and purchases of its branches across the country, head office will undertake to buy foreign exchange to offset the depletion of its foreign exchange holdings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Solde net de toutes les opérations au comptant et à terme effectuées par une entité sur une monnaie étrangère [...]

OBS

Une position de change, même si elle est de courte durée, fait courir à l'entité un risque de change.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Saldo neto de todas las operaciones al contado y en fecha futura realizadas en divisas.

OBS

La posición puede estar en crédito, en débito o en equilibrio.

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Record 3 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
OBS

depletion of foreign exchange holdings : term extracted from the “Glossaire de l'économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
OBS

diminution des avoirs en divises : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

In the case where the premium on foreign exchange is positive, domestic investors can expect that holding an uncovered foreign exchange position will yield a profit over and above what could be obtained by "locking in" the domestic currency value of their foreign currency holdings at the prevailing forward exchange rate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
DEF

El Estado, las personas naturales nacionales, las personas jurídicas nacionales que no persigan fin de lucro y las empresas nacionales.

OBS

Se consideran también como inversionistas nacionales, las personas nacionales extranjeras con residencia interrumpida en el país receptor no inferior a un año, que renuncien ante el organismo nacional competente, el derecho de reexportar el capital y de transferir utilidades al exterior.

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Record 5 1990-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

During World War I most countries suspended the redeemability of their currencies into gold..., withdrew gold coins from circulation, and concentrated gold holdings in official reserves. The currencies of most belligerent countries did not, however, depreciate by much in terms of gold and the dollar because of official pegging operations supported by gold sales, foreign borrowing, liquidation of assets abroad, and imposition of some import and exchange controls. At the end of the war the United States was virtually the only country on a full gold standard.

Key term(s)
  • full gold coin standard

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
OBS

(assets) official holdings of gold and foreign exchange; réserves officielles d’or et de change étranger

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
OBS

BM 31 mai/67

Spanish

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