Sudáfrica - Reservas Internacionales

Foreign exchange reserves in South Africa rose to a new record high of USD 54.89 billion in November of 2019 from USD 54.53 billion in October. The latest reading mainly reflected foreign exchange swaps conducted for liquidity management purposes which was partially offset by the decline in the USD gold price, valuation adjustments related to the overall appreciation of the USD against the major currencies and foreign exchange payments made on behalf of government.

Foreign exchange reserves in South Africa edged down to USD 54.53 billion in October of 2019 from a record high of USD 54.86 billion in September. The latest reading mainly reflected the utilisation of foreign exchange swaps conducted for liquidity management purposes and foreign exchange payments made on behalf of government. These factors were partially offset by valuation adjustments related to the depreciation of the USD against the major currencies and the increase in the USD gold price.

Foreign exchange reserves in South Africa rose to a record high of USD 54.86 USD billion in September 2019 from USD 49.95 USD million in August. The latest reading mainly reflected the proceeds from foreign debt issuance by National Treasury (NT) and foreign exchange swaps conducted for liquidity management purposes. These factors were partially offset by the decrease in the USD gold price and the foreign exchange payments made on behalf of government.

South Africa's gross foreign reserves fell slightly to USD 49.36 in July 2019 from USD 49.80 billion in the preceding month. The decrease of USD 444 million mainly reflected the valuationadjustments due to the appreciation of the USD, the foreign payments made on behalf of government and the foreign exchange swaps conducted for liquidity management purposes. These factors were marginally offset by an increase in the USD gold price.

South Africa's gross foreign reserves rose to USD 49.80 in June 2019, the highest since March, from USD 48.33 billion in the preceding month. The increase of USD 1.48 billion mainly reflected the matured foreign exchange swaps conducted for liquidity management purposes, valuation adjustments due to the depreciation of the USD and the increase in the USD gold price. These factors were marginally offset by the foreign payments made on behalf of government.

South Africa's gross foreign reserves dropped to USD 48.33 billion in May 2019 from USD 49.54 billion in the previous month and reaching the smallest figure since August 2017. The decrease of USD 1,209 million mainly reflected the redemption of government’s foreign currency obligation and valuation adjustments due to the appreciation of the USD. These factors were partially offset by the foreign exchange swaps conducted for liquidity management purposes and the increase in the USD gold price.