UK reserve position in the IMF 2020

This statistic illustrates the United Kingdom's Reserve Tranche position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from January 2016 to August 2020. Reserve Tranche Position is counted among country's foreign exchange reserves. Every country that provides reserve assets to the IMF as part of its quote subscription receives a liquid claim on the IMF, which can be cashed on demand. It can be seen that for the United Kingdom (UK) the amounts in reserve fluctuated overall during the period under observation, reaching a value of approximately 6.95 billion U.S. dollars as of August 2020. The largest value of amounts in reserve was found in March 2016, when reserves of more than 7.4 billion U.S. dollars were recorded.

Reserve tranche position in International Monetary Fund (foreign exchange reserve claim) of the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2016 to August 2020 (in million U.S. dollars)*

Characteristic	Reserve position in million U.S. dollars
Aug '20	6,949
Jul '20	6,959
Jun '20	6,638
May '20	6,483
Apr '20	6,479
Mar '20	6,359
Feb '20	6,400
Jan '20	6,425
Dec '19	6,486
Nov '19	6,439
Oct '19	7,115
Sep '19	7,063
Aug '19	7,139
Jul '19	7,197
Jun '19	6,986
May '19	6,958
Apr '19	7,048
Mar '19	6,422
Feb '19	6,467
Jan '19	6,480
Dec '18	6,434
Nov '18	6,497
Oct '18	6,494
Sep '18	6,279
Aug '18	6,306
Jul '18	6,249
Jun '18	6,305
May '18	5,618
Apr '18	5,705
Mar '18	5,766
Feb '18	5,735
Jan '18	5,800
Dec '17	5,939
Nov '17	6,490
Oct '17	6,617
Sep '17	6,756
Aug '17	6,757
Jul '17	6,657
Jun '17	6,968
May '17	6,950
Apr '17	6,892
Mar '17	6,571
Feb '17	6,557
Jan '17	6,772
Dec '16	6,678
Nov '16	6,773
Oct '16	7,356
Sep '16	7,314
Aug '16	7,091
Jul '16	7,098
Jun '16	7,280
May '16	7,301
Apr '16	7,389
Mar '16	7,426
Feb '16	7,281
Jan '16	4,181

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

January 2016 to August 2020

Supplementary notes

* Amounts not seasonally adjusted.
For financing IMF, each member is assigned a quota; the difference between a member's quota and the IMF's holdings of its currency is a country's Reserve Tranche Position (RTP). The reserve tranche portion of the quota can be accessed by the member nation at any time, whereas the rest of the member's quota is typically inaccessible. Further information available here.

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