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China's forex reserves reaches $2.45t

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-07-12 09:39

BEIJING - Growth of China's foreign exchange reserves are slowing as the total reached $2.4543 trillion by the end of June, up 15.1 percent year-on-year, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, announced on Sunday.

Statistics from the central bank show China's foreign exchange reserves increased by $7.2 billion in the second quarter, a drastic decrease compared to the last quarter in 2009, when reserves grew by $126.5 billion.

Reserves in the first quarter increased by $47.9 billion.

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The PBOC also said the declining euro was the major reason behind the slowing growth in foreign exchange reserves.

The exchange rate between the euro and US dollar had fallen by nearly 20 percent between the end of 2009 and May this year, according to the PBOC.

China's basket of foreign exchange reserves include the US dollar, euro, Japanese yen and others.

On a monthly basis, reserves increased by $43.4 billion in April followed by a reduction of $51 billion in May, while June saw reserves increase by $14.8 billion.

China's gold reserves stood at 33.89 million ounces at the end of June, according to PBOC figures.