TY - BOOK ID - 84550485 TI - International Financial Statistics Supplement on International Reserves. AU - International Monetary Fund. AU - International Monetary Fund PY - 1983 SN - 1455281182 1455235679 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Banking KW - Banks and Banking KW - Cement KW - Central banks KW - Ceramics KW - Commodities KW - Commodity exchanges KW - Currency KW - Exports and Imports KW - Exports KW - Finance KW - Finance: General KW - Financial crises KW - Foreign exchange reserves KW - Foreign Exchange KW - Foreign exchange KW - General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) KW - Glass KW - Gold KW - International economics KW - International Investment KW - Investment & securities KW - Investments, Foreign KW - Investments: Metals KW - Long-term Capital Movements KW - Metals and Metal Products KW - Monetary Policy KW - Trade: General KW - United States UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84550485 AB - This paper presents the Supplement on international reserves, the sixth in the series of supplements to International Financial Statistics (IFS) that comprises textual material commencing with an historical perspective of international reserves. This is followed by a discussion on the methodology covering the concepts underlying the reserves data in IFS: the data collection and presentation procedures; the related data in the money and banking, and balance-of-payments sections in IFS; and a summary of the national concepts of reserves. Statistics on international reserves are important indicators of the external economic performance of countries. A country's holdings of international reserves represent its ability to meet balance of payments needs through official financial settlements. The establishment of the IMF led to the creation of a reserve asset in the form of a gold tranche position reflecting a member's subscription to the IMF in gold. To the extent that the IMF made use of a member's currency in drawings of other countries, a creation of new reserves was involved. ER -