Sunday, 03 June 2007

South Korea's Currency Reserves Rise to $251 Billion on Interest Payments

(Bloomberg) -- South Korea's foreign-exchange
reserves, the world's fifth largest, rose for an 11th month in
May as the central bank earned more from interest payments.

The reserves climbed by $3.5 billion from April to $250.7
billion last month, the Bank of Korea said in a statement in
Seoul today. South Korea's reserves include $221 billion of
foreign securities such as U.S. Treasuries.


Read more at Bloomberg Currencies News

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