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Study Group for the Promotion of the Internationalization of the Yen(June 27, 2001)[Annex]

4. Currency Breakdown of Banks' Cross Border Assets

(Unit : %)

 

End-90 End-95 End-98 End-99 Sep-00
Yen 10.2 11.0 10.1 9.0 8.7
U.S. dollar 41.5 37.0 39.1 39.5 41.3
Pound sterling 3.9 3.0 4.2 4.2 4.4
Currencies in Euro Area 19.4 23.5 24.3 27.7 26.9
Swiss franc 4.2 3.0 2.6 2.4 2.2
Other 20.8 22.6 19.7 17.3 16.5
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(Source) BIS "International Financial Statistics" and "Quarterly Review"

5. Currency Distribution of International Bonds (AmountOutstanding Base)

(Unit : %)

 

1993 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000
U.S. dollar 38.9 34.3 43.8 45.3 47.1 48.7
Yen 14.0 17.3 13.7 11.7 10.5 8.6
Swiss franc 7.7 7.0 4.2 3.8 2.7 2.2
Pound sterling 7.8 6.9 8.1 7.9 7.7 7.7
Canadian dollar 4.2 3.2 2.0 1.3 1.1 0.9
Euro - - - - 28.8 30.0
Other 27.4 31.3 28.2 30.0 2.1 1.9
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(Source) BIS "Quarterly Review"

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