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Exchange Equalisation Account: report and accounts 2021 to 2022
The Exchange Equalisation Account report and accounts for 2021 to 2022 have been published.
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- The Exchange Equalisation Account (EEA) is the account that holds the UK바카라 사이트™s reserves of gold, foreign currencies and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). It was established in 1932 to provide a fund which could be used for checking undue fluctuations in the exchange value of sterling. Legislation since has extended the possible use of this fund; and under the consolidating Exchange Equalisation Account Act 1979, it may also be used:
- to secure the conservation or disposition in the national interest of making payments abroad
- for certain purposes arising out of the UK바카라 사이트™s membership of the IMF, including the holding, purchase and sale of SDRs
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Published 20 July 2022