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Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD)

Assets held by the central bank in foreign currencies, used to support the exchange rate and manage monetary policy. Key indicator of a country's external financial position.

Latest reading: 109.161 (2016-06-01)  ·  USD bn

Category: Monetary Policy

API Endpoint

/api/v1/announcements/usd/foreign_reserves

Use the production OpenAPI schema for the authoritative REST route metadata.

https://fxmacrodata.com/api/openapi.json

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About Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD)

The foreign reserves of United States encompass foreign currency holdings, special drawing rights (SDRs), IMF reserve positions, and gold held by the Federal Reserve. They represent the country's international liquidity buffer.

Why FX traders watch it

A large reserves buffer increases confidence in the usd by demonstrating the Federal Reserve's capacity to meet external obligations and intervene in FX markets. Reserves below 3 months of import cover are often cited as a vulnerability threshold.

How to interpret the data

Increasing foreign reserves are usd-positive as they signal financial strength and intervention capacity. A sustained draw-down of reserves can trigger speculative attacks on the usd.

Historical Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD)

Source: FRED (IMF IFS)  ·  Monthly  ·  USD bn

Data provided by FXMacroData via the /api/v1/announcements/usd/foreign_reserves endpoint. For access, see pricing.

Data Source

Primary Source

FRED (IMF IFS)

Official Series ID

TRESEGUSM052N

Data Format and Properties

Data Frequency

Monthly

Unit of Measure

USD bn

JSON Response Structure

The endpoint returns a chronological list of observations in JSON format. 

{
    "currency": "USD",
    "indicator": "foreign_reserves",
    "has_official_forecast": false,
    "start_date": "2023-01-01",
    "end_date": "2023-12-31",
    "data": [
        {
            "date": "2024-07-01",
            "val": 4.2,
            "announcement_datetime": 1722456000
        }
    ]
}

Request Parameters & Usage

Parameter Required Format Description
start_date NO YYYY-MM-DD Optional lower bound for the requested history.
end_date NO YYYY-MM-DD Optional upper bound. Defaults to the current date.
api_key CONDITIONAL string Required for non-USD announcement requests. USD announcement requests are public without an API key.

Example Usage

To retrieve Foreign Exchange Reserves data for USD from 2023: 

GET https://fxmacrodata.com/api/v1/announcements/usd/foreign_reserves?start_date=2023-01-01&end_date=2023-12-31