New Zealand Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $10 billion (2006 est.)

Year	Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	Rank	Percent Change	Date of Information
2004	$5,083,000,000	63		2003
2005	$4,805,000,000	66	-5.47 %	2004 est.
2006	$8,893,000,000	58	85.08 %	2005 est.
2007	$10,000,000,000	59	12.45 %	2006 est.

Definition: This entry gives the dollar value for the stock of all financial assets that are available to the central monetary authority for use in meeting a country's balance of payments needs as of the end-date of the period specified. This category includes not only foreign currency and gold, but also a country's holdings of Special Drawing Rights in the International Monetary Fund, and its reserve position in the Fund.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of April 17, 2007