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MONETARY ISSUES > RESERVE CURRENCIES

Preferred term

RESERVE CURRENCIES  

Broader concept

Note

  • B

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • Scope note added as per TC decision, 26 Jan 2023

Identifier

  • https://lib-thesaurus.un.org/LIB/DHLUNBISThesaurus.nsf/fee3fb01c865ac5d85256cf400648b1f/22481f5a92ef8bb885256aa0005f96fd
  • T0001087

In other languages

  • العملات الاحتياطية

    Arabic

  • العملات الإحتياطية
  • عملات إحتياطية
  • 储备货币

    Chinese

  • MONNAIES DE RESERVE

    French

  • Резервные валюты

    Russian

  • MONEDAS DE RESERVA

    Spanish

URI

http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1005506

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