## International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template

_Manuals & Guides, October 1, 2013_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: October 1, 2013
- Series: Manuals & Guides
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484304228.069

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### Summary
- This update of the guidelines published in 2001 sets forth the underlying framework for the Reserves Data Template and provides operational advice for its use.
- The updated version also includes three new appendices aimed at assisting member countries in reporting the required data.

### Subject coverage and keywords
- Subject areas: Central banks, Currencies, Financial institutions, International reserves, Money, Options, Reserve assets, Securities
- Keywords: Africa, asset item, assets of the authority, balance of payments financing need, Caribbean, Currencies, foreign currencies vis-à-vis, foreign currency, Global, International reserves, item IV., liquidity position, M&G, market price, option contract, option holder, Options, repo assets, reserve asset, reserve asset treatment, Reserve assets, Securities, securities lending, substitute reserve asset, windowtext 1.5pt

### Major themes and operational guidance
- Framework for the Reserves Data Template:
  - Establishes the underlying framework for compiling and reporting reserves and foreign currency liquidity data.
- Operational advice:
  - Provides practical guidance for the use of the Reserves Data Template by member countries.
- Reporting assistance:
  - Includes three new appendices designed to assist member countries in reporting the required data.

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*International Monetary Fund. International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template (October 1, 2013).*

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