Who publishes statistics of foreign currency reserve holdings? The Bank of International Settlements? The IMF? By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan
COFER is an IMF database that keeps end-of-period quarterly data on the currency composition of official foreign exchange reserves. ... COFER data are reported on a voluntary basis. At present, there are 140 reporters, consisting of member countries of the IMF, non-member countries/economies, and other foreign exchange reserves holding entities. The classification of countries in COFER (as advanced economies or emerging and developing economies) follows that currently used in IFS world tables. ... COFER data for individual countries are strictly confidential. The data presented in the attached tables are aggregated data for each currency for three groupings of countries
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COFER data are reported on a voluntary basis. At present, there are 140 reporters, consisting of member countries of the IMF, non-member countries/economies, and other foreign exchange reserves holding entities. The classification of countries in COFER (as advanced economies or emerging and developing economies) follows that currently used in IFS world tables.
COFER data for individual countries are strictly confidential. The data presented in the attached tables are aggregated data for each currency for three groupings of countries
