forex_reserves
China
a_poin_in_time: 2005

's forex reserves reach 818.9 billion usd
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OOps... a_point_in_time 060115
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Japan http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/15/content_512421.htm

: $846.9 billion
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Hong Kong 2005: 124.3 billion usd 060115
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India : $137 billion 060115
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IMF http://english.people.com.cn/200512/23/eng20051223_230380.html

Global forex reserves for the third quarter 2005:

4.041 trillion USD
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~ China + Hong_Kong + Japan + India

2 trillion USD
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i.e. about half of the World's foreign exchange reserves... 060115
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2005 RESERVE HOLDINGS (in billions):

NOV SEP JUN MAR End-2004 End-2003 End-2000
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Japan * $824 $825 $825 $820 $824 $674 $347 060115
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China # n/a $769 $711 $659 $610 $403 $166 060115
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Taiwan $252 $254 $254 $251 $242 $207 $107 060115
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South Korea $208 $207 $205 $207 $196 $155 $ 96 060115
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EU * $192 $198 $205 $205 $207 $233 $240 060115
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India * $137 $137 $131 $135 $125 $ 96 $ 40 060115
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Russia * $125 $120 $114 $109 $104 $ 73 $ 28 060115
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Hong Kong * $122 $123 $122 $122 $124 $118 $108 060115
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Singapore * $115 $116 $115 $114 $113 $ 96 $ 80 060115
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Malaysia * $ 73 $ 76 $ 70 $ 68 $ 65 $ 45 $ 26 060115
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. * = excluding gold, SDRs, other assets
# = China reports reserves quarterly
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TOP 10 RESERVE HOLDINGS (in billions) 060115
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?x 80_20_rule 060115
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CIA Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 060115
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U.S. $85.94 billion (2003) 060115
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? Exports:

$795 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports:

$1.476 trillion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html
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2005 By the end of
October: China has purchased US$247.6 billion of US treasuries...
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Who holds the cards in terms of foreign exchange reserves? 060115
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-- http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2006/01/07/2003287921

not just Japan, but China...
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2006 * Intelligence_Estimate *

China on track to exceed Japan reserves

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