In the third quarter, the dollar's share of global foreign reserves dropped to i

Data released on Friday showed that in the third quarter, the global foreign exchange reserves reported to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the dollar dropped to the smallest proportion since mid-2014, the euro and yuan accounted for a slight increase.

 
In the third quarter, the U.S. dollar holdings held by various countries rose to 6.13 trillion trillion U.S. dollars, accounting for 63.5% of the total foreign exchange reserves allocated, compared with 5.91 trillion U.S. dollars in the second quarter, accounting for 63.8%. US dollar reserves in the second quarter of 2014 was 4.49 trillion US dollars, accounting for 63.05%.

Global foreign exchange reserves are assets held by central banks in different currencies and are mainly used to support their liabilities. The central bank sometimes uses reserves to help support its own currency.

The euro rose slightly to 20.0% in the third quarter from 19.9% in the second quarter. The currency accounted for the highest point in 2009 reached 28%.

The share of RMB in the third quarter was 1.12%, the previous quarter was 1.08%. IMF from the fourth quarter of 2016 announced the RMB in the central bank reserves.

The yen's share dropped from 4.6% in the second quarter to 4.5%.

IMF data also showed that in the third quarter the global foreign exchange reserves increased to 11.297 trillion U.S. dollars, the highest since the second quarter of 2015 and more than the previous quarter's 11.121 trillion U.S. dollars.