reserve assets
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5.8
- noun
- Specialized
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activos de reserva
- Because of the dollar's status as the world's primary reserve asset, such trade imbalances are not as dangerous a source of instability as they were in the 1930s.
Treasuries will fall even further as a reserve asset.
- Treasuries will fall even further as a reserve asset.
Examples
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The government has increased its reserve assets to ensure stability during economic downturns.
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Gold, meanwhile, is once again being accumulated rather than dumped by central banks, and has already, arguably, replaced the dollar as the most coveted reserve asset.
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The euro serves a unique role both as a reserve asset and as a currency widely used in international capital markets.
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I take the bet that the US government bonds share of foreign central banks' reserve assets will plunge.
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In September 2011, Nigeria's central bank announced that it would convert between five and ten percent of its reserve assets into yuan.
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We have been talking about unsustainable liabilities... how are we talking about gold as the reserve asset?
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I will not belabor this, as most countries hold dollar-denominated securities as their reserve asset.
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They make up nearly 80 percent of the value of Special Drawing Rights, the reserve asset used in transactions between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its members.
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Other policymakers in Beijing advocate including the yuan in SDRs and believe that SDRs should ultimately displace the dollar as the world's main reserve asset.
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Meanwhile, debates over alternatives to the U.S. dollar, including that of giving a greater role to Special Drawing Rights (an international reserve asset based on a basket of five national currencies created by the IMF to supplement gold and dollar reserves), as China has recommended, are going nowhere, largely because Washington has no interest in any move that would undermine the central role of the dollar.
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Synonyms
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2.0
A thing like money, tools or support that you can use when needed
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1.0
Money put aside, often in a bank, to use later or for emergencies
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1.6
An amount of something kept for future use
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3.5
A supply kept for future use, often in an emergency
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1.0
A supply of things kept for future use
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1.0
Money available to spend for a specific purpose
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4.1
Money set aside to pay for future costs or emergencies
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4.4
Money that is available to spend or invest
Money or possessions you can use to pay for things
Antonyms
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Morphology
The phrase combines 'reserve' (a stored quantity kept for emergencies) with 'assets' (valuable items or resources), so its meaning—financial resources set aside—is directly derivable from the constituents. This kind of noun–noun composition is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words should understand it.
Etymology
Reserve assets comes from a simple image: reserve means something kept back and assets are valuable things like money or gold, so picture a family keeping cash in a special box for a rainy day. That's why reserve assets means 'money or resources kept for emergencies or future needs'.