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["Composition of Foreign Exchange holdings of International Countries - AUD Focus"]
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["Number holding AUD:",15,{"$nulls":4},"Answered"]
["Number possibly holding AUD:",8,{"$nulls":4},"May never know answer"]
["Not holding AUD",20,{"$nulls":4},"Needs further investigation"]
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["Country","Central bank","Series description","Base Currency","Hold AUD?","Assumed AUD holdings","Other info","Link","Article","Documentation","Year of latest AR"]
["Argentina","Banco Central de la Republica Argentina","None","Peso","?",null,"No annual reports past 1989, and even the 1989 one is in Spanish only. ","Primary",null,null,1989]
["Australia","Reserve Bank of Australia","Currency and residual maturity of foreign debt","Australian dollar",{"$error":"#N/A"},"Table 32",null,"Primary",null,null,2012]
["Armenia","Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia","Currency composition","Armenian drams","No",null,"Currency held appears to be split into GBP, JPY, USD and EUR (as well as SDR allocation).","Primary",null,"Armenia",2011]
["Austria","Oesterreichische Nationalbank",null,"Euro",{"$nulls":3},"Primary"]
["Belarus, Republic of","National Bank of the Republic of Belarus",null,"Belarusian ruble","Yes",null,"Page 137 of Annual Report -->","Primary"]
["Brazil","Banco Central do Brasil",null,"Brazilian Real","Yes",{"v":0.031,"d":"3.10%"},null,"Primary","Secondary",null,2010]
["Belgium","Nationale Bank van België",null,"Euro",{"$nulls":3},"Primary"]
["Bulgaria","Bulgarian National Bank",null,"Euro",{"$nulls":3},"Primary"]
["Canada","Department of Finance Canada","Currency composition","CAD","No",null,"Reserves only comprise US$, Euros and Yen. ","Primary",null,"Canada",2011]
["Colombia","Banco de la Republica Colombia","Currency composition","Peso","No",null,"Composition is 85% US$, 12% euro and 3% yen - from Foreign Reserve Management report published in 2009. ","Primary",null,null,2009]
["Croatia","Croatian National Bank",null,"Kuns",{"$nulls":3},"Primary"]
["Czech Republic","Czech National Bank","Annual Report 2011","Koruna","Yes ",{"v":0.053,"d":"5.30%"},null,"Primary"]
["Chile","Banco Centrale de Chile",null,"Peso","Yes","<10%","Benchmark for portfolio currency composition is 50% US,$, 40% euro and 10% other currencies (CAD, AUD and GBP). Reserve management document.","Primary",null,null,2011]
["China","People's Bank of China","None","Renminbi","???","?",null,"Primary"]
["Costa Rica","Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR)",null,"Colon",{"$nulls":3},"Primary"]
["Cyprus","Central Bank of Cyprus",null,"Euro",{"$nulls":3},"Primary"]
["Denmark","Danmarks NationalBank","Currency composition","Kroner","No",0,"Hold reserves in mostly Euro, with the rest invested in US dollars, pound and Swedish kroner. ","Primary"]
["Ecuador","Banco Central del Ecuador",null,"US$","?",null,"Site not in English. Can't access publications link. ","Primary"]
["El Salvador","Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador",null,"Colon",null,null,"Site not in English. Can't access publications link. ","Primary"]
["Egypt","Central Bank of Egypt","None","Pound","?",null,"Mention of reserves management but not actual benchmark or composition.","Primary"]
["Estonia","Bank of Estonia",null,"Euro",{"$nulls":3},"Primary"]
["Euro area","European Central Bank","Currency allocation","Euro","No",null,"US$ and yen portfolio. ","Primary"]
["Finland","Bank of Finland",null,"Euro","Yes",{"v":0.004,"d":"0.40%"},"Possibly, published debt securities breakdown","Primary",null,"Finland"]
["France","Banque de France",null,"Euro",{"$nulls":3},"Primary"]
["Georgia","National Bank of Georgia","Currency composition","Georgian Lari","Yes","Total in Georgian Laris - convert!","See table in Documentation. ","Primary",null,"Georgia",2011]
["Greece","Bank of Greece",null,"Euro",{"$nulls":3},"Primary"]
["Germany","Bundesbank","Announced but not found yet","Euro","Yes",null,"Media reports state that they're looking to add dollars, so they probably weren't holding any previously but are now acquiring them. ","Primary","Secondary"]
["Hong Kong, SAR, PRC","HKMA",null,"HKD","Yes","<14.3%","78.2% allocated to USD, 7.5% HKD and the other 14.3% to other currencies. The exchange fund's primary objective is to affect the exchange value of the HKD.","Primary",null,"Hong Kong",2011]
["Hungary","Magyar Nemzeti Bank",null,"Euro","No",null,"Seems to be just USD and Euro","Primary",null,null,2011]
["Iceland","Central Bank of Iceland",null,"Krona","Possibly",null,"Foreign bonds by issuance are provided, page 63","Primary",null,null,2011]
["Indonesia","Bank of Indonesia","Statistics","Rupiah","Possibly",null,"Absolute numbers quoted on website","Primary"]
["Israel","Bank of Israel",null,"Israeli Shekel","Apparently so","<$8 billion US$","Couldn't find on website, but mentioned in article","Primary","Secondary",null,"2012 (article)"]
["India","Reserve Bank of India",null,"Rupee","Not likely",null,"Foreign currency assets are maintianed in major currencies like the US$, euro, pound sterling, Japanese yen etc…","Primary","Secondary"]
["Ireland","Central Bank of Ireland",null,"Euro","No",null,"Basically holding no FX reserves","Primary"]
["Italy ","Banca D'italia",null,"Euro","No",null,"See table 22.2","Primary",null,"Italy"]
["Japan","Bank of Japan/Ministry of Finance",null,"Yen","No",null,"Foreign currency assets can be composed of the following financial assets denominated in U.S. dollars, euros, and pounds sterling","Primary","Secondary","Press release"]
["Jordan","Central Bank of Jordan","Annual Report 2010","Dinar","Possibly",null,"Under \"other\" in financial statements there may be AUD, but this is not specifically mentioned.","Primary"]
["Kazakhstan","National Bank of Kazakhstan","IIP","Tenge","Yes",null,"I believe it's in their IIP, under reserve assets","Primary","Secondary"]
["Kyrgyz Republic","Not giving me much here…",null,"Som",{"$nulls":3},"Primary"]
["Korea","The Bank of Korea","Currency allocation","Won","Yes","?","Couldn't find on website, but mentioned in article. 2011 Annual Report suggests that assets are allocated amongst US$, euro, yen and pound to hedge exchange rate risk, so it must be more recently that AUD has been added. ","Primary","Secondary",null,2011]
["Latvia","Latvijas Banka","None","Lats","No",null,"\"The foreign currency used in foreign exchange swaps by the Bank of Latvia is Euro only.\"","Primary"]
["Luxembourg","Banque Centrale du Luxembourg","Balance sheet - asset and liabilities in Euro and in other","Euro","No",null,"Breakdown in BS","Primary"]
["Lithuania","Lietuvos Bankas","Countries not in SDR basket (all except USD, GBP, JPY, Euro).","Euro","Yes","If assumption that all non-SDR is AUD is made then $375.1 million in USD held as at June 2012. Values indicate amount of reserves held in currencies not in SDR currency basket were less than 6% of the total.","Other open positions held by banks in other currencies were insignificant, as the banking sector’s open foreign currency position, excluding the Euro position, made up 0.7 per cent of banks’ capital (the maximum allowed position is 25%).","Primary"]
["Macedonia, FYR","National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia",null,"Denar","Yes","Included in an \"other\" category which was around 4.8% of total reserves in 2011. ","Talks about diversification into other currencies in time of increasing financial market volatility. The countries deemed \"acceptable\" are Australia, Norway, Sweden and Canada. ","Primary",null,"Macedonia, FYR"]
["Malta","Bank Centrali ta' Malta","Balance sheet - asset and liabilities in Euro and in other","Euro","No",null,null,"Primary"]
["Moldova, Republic of","National Bank of Moldova","Currency compositon","Leu","Possibly","<0.03%","Other currencies is less than half of a percent, so is insignificant, even if it does contain AUD (and it is more likely to contain CHF or JPY given they are in the prescribed benchmark).","Primary",null,"Moldova, Republic of",2011]
["Malaysia","Bank Negara Malaysia","Currency composition","Ringgit","Possibly","<23.4%","In 2011 68.4% US$, 8.2% Yen, 23.4% other. Total foreign currency reserves at 13 July 2012 is 134.4 USD billion.","Primary"]
["Mexico","Banco de Mexico","None","Peso","No",null,null,"Primary"]
["Morocco","Bank Al-Maghrib","Balance sheet - asset and liabilities in Euro and in other","Dirham","No",null,null,"Primary"]
["Netherlands","De Nederlandsche Bank","Currency Composition",null,"No",null,"Breakdown of composition to the right, shows that no AUD is held at end 2011. ","Primary",null,"Netherlands"]
["Norway","Norges Bank","Currency composition / \"allocation\"","Kroner","No",null,"75% USD, 25% EUR as a benchmark from end-August 2011, with a variation of 5 percentage points allowed around this benchmark. ","Primary"]
["Peru","Banco Central de Reserva Del Peru","Currency composition","Sole","Possibly",null,"Holdings in US$ of 82%, Other currencies 16% and gold 2%. ","Primary"]
["Poland","Narodowy Bank Polski","Currency composition","Zloty","Yes","7.48 US$ bill.","In 2010 their benchmark included 8% AUD. In US$ terms the reserve assets were 93.5 billion.","Primary",null,"Poland"]
["Philippines","Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas","None","Peso","\"Other\" quoted, no mention of AUD",null,"Other foreign countries - 6.7%","Primary","Secondary"]
["Portugal","Banco de Portugal","None","Euro",{"$nulls":3},"Primary"]
["Romania","Banca Nationala a Romaniei","Currency composition","Leu","No",null,"66% Euro, 24% USD, 10% other, no mention of what \"other\" might include.","Primary",null,"Romania"]
["Russian Federation","Bahk Pocchh","AR doesn't open…","Rouble","Yes","Up to 1% of their total reserves","Article suggest that they will begin holding AUD from September of 2011 from comments by Russian officials","Primary","Secondary"]
["Singapore","Monetary Authority of Singapore","None","Dollar","Possibly",null,"Pretty secretive about it - reserves are \"necessarily invested in a diversified range of foreign currency assets\"","Primary"]
["Slovenia","Bank of Slovenia","None","Euro",{"$nulls":3},"Primary"]
["Spain","Banco de Espana","None","Euro",null,null,"Quite a lot of info on reserves, but no cigar unfortuntely","Primary"]
["Switzerland","Swiss National Bank","Currency Composition","Franc","Yes",null,"See reserves spreadsheet","Primary"]
["Slovak Republic","Narodna Banka Slovenska","None","Euro",{"$nulls":3},"Primary"]
["South Africa","South African Reserve Bank",null,"Rand","Doesn't seem to be",null,"Apparently there's a currency and residual maturity break down in Note 29 but this note doesn't appear anywhere logical on the website…\nThe foreign currency that is purchased consists of different currencies, that is, in US dollars, euros and pound sterling, which is invested --They do have an \"othr\" section though","Primary","Secondary","Annual Report 11/12"]
["Sweden","Sveriges Riksbank",null,"Krona","Yes","10.1 SEK billion","Also hold USD, Euro, Norwegian Krone, pound and Canadian dollar.","Primary"]
["Thailand","Bank of Thailand","None","Baht","No",null,"Only interested in foreign currencies? Or do we care about securities also?","Primary",null,"Sweden"]
["Turkey","The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey","Market value of foreign currency assets","Lira","No",null,"Only Euro and US$?","Primary"]
["Tunisia","Central Bank of Tunisia","None","Dinar","?",null,null,"Primary"]
["Ukraine","National Bank of Ukraine","None?","Hyrvnia","?",null,"Look closer - there was suggestions of a benchmark in the AR (\"composition\")","Primary"]
["United States","Federal Reserve","Treasury and Fed Res FX Ops","Dollar","Apparently not",null,"Predominately Yen and Euro","Primary","Secondary"]
["United Kingdom","Bank of England","Currency composition","Pound","No",null,"BOE holds only US$, euro and yen, as they are the most traded and together account for most of the sterling EER index (BIS). See 194 of Quarterly Bulletin.","Primary","Secondary"]
["Uruguay","Banco Central Del Uruguay",null,"Peso",null,null,"Not available in English…","Primary"]

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[null,"Italy","Link"]
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[null,"Macedonia, FYR","Link"]
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[null,"Moldova, Republic of","Link"]
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[null,"Netherlands","Link"]
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[null,"Poland","Link"]
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[null,"Romania","Link"]
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[null,"Canada"]
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[null,"Armenia"]
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[null,"Georgia"]
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[null,"Hong Kong"]
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[null,"Sweden"]

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["Country","Hold reserves in AUD?","Total reserves","AUD Reserves","% of Total reserves/ capital inflows???"]

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["Original",{"$nulls":11},"Regions speculated to have bought Aussie:"]
[{"$nulls":12},"Asia",null,null,"Also large fund managers?"]
["Reuters",{"$nulls":11},"South America"]
[{"$nulls":12},"Western Europe"]
["AFR","http://afr.com/p/markets/russia_joins_growing_club_OzQabIsLkKBEKzbwtTYh6L"]
[{"$nulls":12},"Speculation that COFER data on the \"other\" reserves category is largely AUD is backed up by turnover data suggesting the Aussie is the 5th most heavily trade currency in 2010, with traders consensus agreeing that volumes have picked up since then. "]