Tag: foreign currency reserves

foreign currency reserves
Sunday, June 24th 2012 - 02:54 UTC

Argentine nervous savers withdrew 522 million dollars in the last week

Argentines still view the dollar as a store of wealth and a transaction medium

The outflow of foreign-currency deposits from Argentina's banking system showed no sign of slowing last week, as nervous savers withdrew 522 million dollars from bank accounts.

Tuesday, November 1st 2011 - 05:36 UTC

Brazil’s net debt falls in September to 37.2% of GDP, lowest since 1997

The country holds near record reserves of 353 billion dollars

Brazil’s net debt fell in September to its lowest level since 1997, as a 15% decline in the real last month boosted the value of the country’s near-record 353 billion dollars in foreign currency reserves.

Monday, August 8th 2011 - 04:33 UTC

Brazil remains faithful to the dollar and has no plans to sell US Treasuries

Central bank has 348 billion dollars in reserves of which 211 billion in US debt

Brazil has no plans to sell US Treasuries or change its foreign currency reserves holdings as a result of Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the US’s credit rating, a government official said.

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