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10 African countries with the largest foreign exchange reserves Just yesterday, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni stressed that his government could not afford to subsidize imports of food and essentials because it would be disastrous for his country’s meager foreign exchange reserves, which are s amounted to $4.5 billion. Other African countries have also taken steps to protect their foreign exchange reserves. In a previous Business Insider Africa article, we cited examples from Kenya and Nigeria where banks are mandated to prioritize and ration dollar sales to manufacturers and importers. Note that excessive demands for dollars tend to exert immense pressure on foreign exchange reserves, thus depleting them. What are foreign exchange reserves? According to Investopedia, foreign exchange reserves are generally dollar-denominated assets that are held in reserve by central banks. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) further defines foreign exchange reserves as “foreign assets of the official public sector which are readily available and controlled by the monetary authorities, for the direct financing of payments imbalances, and which directly regulate the size of these imbalances, through interventions in the foreign exchange markets to affect the exchange rate and/or for other purposes. The constitutions of various African countries require their central banks to maintain external assets in the following forms: gold bars or coins, short-term foreign treasury bills, bonds, IMF special drawing rights, account balances in foreign banks, etc. Each of these assets must possess a basic characteristic of liquidity and can easily be converted into dollars, pounds sterling, euros or other similar hard currencies. Importance of foreign exchange reserves - Foreign exchange reserves are necessary to influence the monetary policies of countries. - Foreign exchange reserves serve as emergency funds just in case a country’s currency devalues drastically. - It is a source of economic prestige, as countries with high foreign exchange reserves are respected for their strong economic position. - Countries with good foreign exchange reserves tend to attract viable foreign trade and investment opportunities. Which African countries have the largest foreign exchange reserves? - South Africa: The country’s foreign exchange reserves currently stand at an impressive $60.2 billion, according to the South African Reserve Bank. - Algeria: Algeria has foreign exchange reserves of 43.5 billion dollars, according to the Bank of Algeria. - Nigeria: The latest data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria shows that the country’s foreign exchange reserves currently stand at $39.6 billion. - Egypt: Then we have Egypt with foreign exchange reserves of $37 billion according to the Central Bank of Egypt. - Morocco: The foreign exchange reserves of this country currently amount to 33.3 billion dollars according to Bank Al-Maghrib, the central bank of Morocco. - Angola: Angola currently has foreign exchange reserves of 14.7 billion dollars, according to the National Bank of Angola. - Kenya: The East African country has foreign exchange reserves of $12.6 billion, according to the Central Bank of Kenya - Democratic Republic of Congo: The DRC’s foreign exchange reserves amount to 11.1 billion dollars, according to information made available by the Central Bank of Congo. - Ghana: Ghana’s foreign exchange reserves currently stand at $9.7 according to information from the Bank of Ghana. - Tunisia: Tunisia has foreign exchange reserves of $8 billion, according to Reuters.
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४ साउन, काठमाण्डौं । नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंकले आजको विदेशी मुद्राको भाउ यसप्रकार तोकेको छ । बैंकको विदेशी विनिमय व्यवस्थापन विभागका अनुसार आज आइतबार ( साउन ४ गते) को नेपाली बजारमा अमेरिकी डलर १ को खरिददर ११९ रुपैयाँ ७३ पैसा र बिक्रिदर १२० रुपैयाँ ३३ पैसा रहेको छ । त्यस्तै युरो १ को खरिददर १३६ रुपैयाँ ७९ पैसा र विक्रिदर १३७ रुपैयाँ ४८ पैसा रहेको छ भने युके पाउण्ड १ को खरिददर १५० रुपैयाँ ३२ पैसा र बिक्रिदर १५१ रुपैयाँ ०८ पैसा रहेको छ । यस्तो छ अन्य मुद्राको भाउ यस्तो छ आजको विदेशी मुद्राको भाउ, हेर्नुहोस् कुन घट्यो कुन बढ्यो त ? यो खबर पढेर तपाईलाई कस्तो महसुस भयो ?